/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
As California pulls out of the drought, expect to see a weird thing: water agencies opposing plans to help the state get through future droughts. Water agencies are working on dozens of projects to boost Southern California’s water supply. Combined, these projects could provide enough drinking water for several million people. But many of the […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Thomas 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 […]
/in San Diego County/by Andrea Mora /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority Quoted: Mark Muir
San Diego County is calling on the powerful Metropolitan Water District to return what local leaders say is $250 million in illegal charges over a number of years. The Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday supporting efforts by the San Diego County Water Authority to recover money the authority says was taken by a […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Times of San Diego by Mark Muir Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
As working families across the San Diego region struggle to make ends meet, the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has no such concerns. That’s because MWD can tax and raise rates at will — and it has done precisely that. Several steps removed from nearly 20 million residents it serves, MWD overcharged […]
Southern California Is Drowning In Drought-Proofing Projects
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityAs California pulls out of the drought, expect to see a weird thing: water agencies opposing plans to help the state get through future droughts. Water agencies are working on dozens of projects to boost Southern California’s water supply. Combined, these projects could provide enough drinking water for several million people. But many of the […]
Desal Loses Urgency Following Wet Winter
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Thomas 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 […]
LA’s Metropolitan Water District Overcharges, San Diego Leaders Say
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityQuoted: Mark Muir
San Diego County is calling on the powerful Metropolitan Water District to return what local leaders say is $250 million in illegal charges over a number of years. The Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday supporting efforts by the San Diego County Water Authority to recover money the authority says was taken by a […]
OPINION: Stop The Spending! Metropolitan Water District Needs Fiscal Reform
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diego by Mark Muir Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityAs working families across the San Diego region struggle to make ends meet, the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has no such concerns. That’s because MWD can tax and raise rates at will — and it has done precisely that. Several steps removed from nearly 20 million residents it serves, MWD overcharged […]