The Legislative Analyst’s Office has just published the following report: Managing Floods in California. Recent months have highlighted how quickly statewide concerns can turn from the devastating impacts of too little water during a prolonged drought, to the comparably destructive effects of too much water and resulting floods. Flood management is a complicated and expensive […]
Local civic and business leaders have launched a “Stop the Spending” campaign when it comes to water rates. The San Diego County Water Authority says San Diegans are being overcharged for water. The agency is calling on one of its main suppliers – the Metropolitan Water District – to stop unnecessary water rate increases. “This organization in […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The Salinas Californianby Thomas D. Elias Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Here’s a cold, wet reality: The more water in California’s reservoirs, the less urgency there is to build new ocean-water desalination plants that became a major talking point during the state’s long, parched years of drought, an ultra-dry period some folks insist has still not ended despite months of heavy rains. Those record or near-record […]
Regional leaders in San Diego county demanded Wednesday the Metropolitan Water District “stop the spending.” The San Diego County Board of Supervisors also adopted a resolution supporting an effort to reclaim nearly $250 million in what it called “illegal charges” by the water district, which sells water to the San Diego County Water Authority.
LAO Releases Report On Managing Floods In California
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Orange County BreezeThe Legislative Analyst’s Office has just published the following report: Managing Floods in California. Recent months have highlighted how quickly statewide concerns can turn from the devastating impacts of too little water during a prolonged drought, to the comparably destructive effects of too much water and resulting floods. Flood management is a complicated and expensive […]
VIDEO: Water Authority: San Diegans Overcharged For Water
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /CBS 8 Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityQuoted: Jim Madaffer
Local civic and business leaders have launched a “Stop the Spending” campaign when it comes to water rates. The San Diego County Water Authority says San Diegans are being overcharged for water. The agency is calling on one of its main suppliers – the Metropolitan Water District – to stop unnecessary water rate increases. “This organization in […]
Desal Loses Urgency In Hyper-Wet Winter
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Salinas Californianby Thomas D. Elias Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityHere’s a cold, wet reality: The more water in California’s reservoirs, the less urgency there is to build new ocean-water desalination plants that became a major talking point during the state’s long, parched years of drought, an ultra-dry period some folks insist has still not ended despite months of heavy rains. Those record or near-record […]
San Diego Leaders At War Over Water
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /ABC 10 (Sacramento)by Joe Little Quoted: Dennis CushmanRegional leaders in San Diego county demanded Wednesday the Metropolitan Water District “stop the spending.” The San Diego County Board of Supervisors also adopted a resolution supporting an effort to reclaim nearly $250 million in what it called “illegal charges” by the water district, which sells water to the San Diego County Water Authority.