/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Ian James Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
After years of delays, California’s plans for the shrinking Salton Sea are finally starting to take shape. A $383 million plan released by the state’s Natural Resources Agency on Thursday lays out a schedule for building thousands of acres of ponds and wetlands that will cover up stretches of dusty lakebed and create habitat for […]
Badly needed fixes to Tijuana’s wastewater system — which recently leaked millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Pacific Ocean, fouling beaches as far north as Coronado — may have to wait. President Trump’s proposed budget released Thursday slashes funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by a whopping $5.7 billion dollars or 31 percent. […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /NBC 7 San Diegoby Monica Dean and Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
San Diego gets most of its water supply from far away. About a fifth of it comes from Northern California. Gov. Jerry Brown has big ideas for making sure Southern California can continue drinking water from its northern neighbor. He wants to build two 35-mile underground tunnels 150 feet underground to keep water flowing south. […]
/in San Diego County/by Andrea Mora /The Associated Press (As published by US News & World Report)by Elliot Spagat Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
California Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration on Thursday proposed spending nearly $400 million over 10 years to slow the shrinking of the state’s largest lake just as it is expected to evaporate an accelerated pace. The plan involves building ponds on the northern and southern ends of the Salton Sea, a salty, desert lake that has […]
California Has A New $383 Million Plan For The Shrinking Salton Sea
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Ian James Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityAfter years of delays, California’s plans for the shrinking Salton Sea are finally starting to take shape. A $383 million plan released by the state’s Natural Resources Agency on Thursday lays out a schedule for building thousands of acres of ponds and wetlands that will cover up stretches of dusty lakebed and create habitat for […]
Trump EPA Cuts Could Slow Tijuana Sewage-System Upgrades
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson SmithBadly needed fixes to Tijuana’s wastewater system — which recently leaked millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Pacific Ocean, fouling beaches as far north as Coronado — may have to wait. President Trump’s proposed budget released Thursday slashes funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by a whopping $5.7 billion dollars or 31 percent. […]
San Diego Explained: The Governor’s Water Plan and Why Locals are Wary
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC 7 San Diegoby Monica Dean and Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthoritySan Diego gets most of its water supply from far away. About a fifth of it comes from Northern California. Gov. Jerry Brown has big ideas for making sure Southern California can continue drinking water from its northern neighbor. He wants to build two 35-mile underground tunnels 150 feet underground to keep water flowing south. […]
California: $400 Million Plan To Slow Largest Lake Shrinkage
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /The Associated Press (As published by US News & World Report)by Elliot Spagat Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration on Thursday proposed spending nearly $400 million over 10 years to slow the shrinking of the state’s largest lake just as it is expected to evaporate an accelerated pace. The plan involves building ponds on the northern and southern ends of the Salton Sea, a salty, desert lake that has […]