Friday afternoon the sun peaked through the clouds above Lake Oroville and a rainbow arched over the Feather River. It was a welcome sight for state engineers who were battling the lake’s worrisome rise with torrential releases down the reservoir’s broken concrete spillway. The break in storms and a drop in the volume of water […]
“One rainy month will not make up for a six-year drought,” pointed out Larry Dick, Metropolitan Water District (MWD) chairman of the Agriculture and Industry Relations Committee, at the first ever Agricultural Water Summit Feb. 3, sponsored by the Rancho California Water District (RCWD). Dick was the guest speaker at the water summit held at […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /San Diego Readerby Marty Graham Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Public attendance at a Thursday evening (February 9) hearing to introduce water rates for Imperial Beach, Coronado, and southwest San Diego for the next three years was so sparse that the public was easily outnumbered by California American Water (Cal Am) and California Public Utilities Commission staff. Despite the low turnout (less than a dozen […]
Snow and rain keep putting the hurt on California’s weakening drought, which now encompasses less than half the state for the first time in four years. This week, 53 percent of the state is out of drought and only 11 percent remains in “severe” to “extreme” conditions — with more rain and snow expected in […]
Break in Recent Storms Gives Engineers at Oroville Dam Hope
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KTLAFriday afternoon the sun peaked through the clouds above Lake Oroville and a rainbow arched over the Feather River. It was a welcome sight for state engineers who were battling the lake’s worrisome rise with torrential releases down the reservoir’s broken concrete spillway. The break in storms and a drop in the volume of water […]
Ag Water Summit Participants Say California Drought Not Over
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Fallbrook/Bonsall Village Newsby Tony Ault“One rainy month will not make up for a six-year drought,” pointed out Larry Dick, Metropolitan Water District (MWD) chairman of the Agriculture and Industry Relations Committee, at the first ever Agricultural Water Summit Feb. 3, sponsored by the Rancho California Water District (RCWD). Dick was the guest speaker at the water summit held at […]
South Bay Water Cost To Drop (And Then Rise)
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Readerby Marty Graham Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityPublic attendance at a Thursday evening (February 9) hearing to introduce water rates for Imperial Beach, Coronado, and southwest San Diego for the next three years was so sparse that the public was easily outnumbered by California American Water (Cal Am) and California Public Utilities Commission staff. Despite the low turnout (less than a dozen […]
Drought Dwindling In Southern California
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Whittier Daily Newsby Suzanne HurtSnow and rain keep putting the hurt on California’s weakening drought, which now encompasses less than half the state for the first time in four years. This week, 53 percent of the state is out of drought and only 11 percent remains in “severe” to “extreme” conditions — with more rain and snow expected in […]