The San Diego Unified School District began testing its schools’ water this month after lab reports confirmed “higher than allowable” lead levels were found at one campus. Test results released Thursday show lead has been found in the water of schools tested last week but not more than the action level set by EPA of […]
The post-drought good news continued Friday as the State Water Project announced that it was boosting deliveries to the highest levels in 11 years. Most agencies, including the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, will get 85% of the amount they request. Water districts north of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta will get 100%. Earlier this […]
A newly formed water and power company managed by a San Diego housing developer is negotiating behind the scenes with the City of Industry on the future of 2,500 acres of undeveloped rolling hills near the borders of Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties. The business-centric City of Industry has been aggressively trying to […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Jennifer Clary, Susana De Anda and Phoebe Seaton
California affirmed the human right to safe and affordable drinking water in 2012, when it became the first state in the country to legislatively declare that “every human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable and accessible water.” But five years later, still, 300 communities and a million Californians — that’s three times the […]
New Results Released in San Diego Unified School District Lead Tests
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /NBC 7 San Diegoby R. Stickney, Wendy FryThe San Diego Unified School District began testing its schools’ water this month after lab reports confirmed “higher than allowable” lead levels were found at one campus. Test results released Thursday show lead has been found in the water of schools tested last week but not more than the action level set by EPA of […]
State Will Send More Water to Southern California As It Boosts Deliveries To Highest Levels In 11 Years
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Bettina BoxallThe post-drought good news continued Friday as the State Water Project announced that it was boosting deliveries to the highest levels in 11 years. Most agencies, including the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, will get 85% of the amount they request. Water districts north of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta will get 100%. Earlier this […]
Mysterious Developer In Negotiations Over Future Of Tres Hermanos Ranch Near North Orange County
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Orange County Registerby Jason Henry and Steve ScauzilloA newly formed water and power company managed by a San Diego housing developer is negotiating behind the scenes with the City of Industry on the future of 2,500 acres of undeveloped rolling hills near the borders of Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties. The business-centric City of Industry has been aggressively trying to […]
OPINION: California’s Poor Hit Hardest By Unsafe Drinking Water
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Jennifer Clary, Susana De Anda and Phoebe SeatonCalifornia affirmed the human right to safe and affordable drinking water in 2012, when it became the first state in the country to legislatively declare that “every human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable and accessible water.” But five years later, still, 300 communities and a million Californians — that’s three times the […]