/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Ken Stone Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
A proposal to hire a consultant to study future rates for San Diego municipal water customers, and increase transparency in developing the prices, received initial backing Thursday from the City Council’s Environment Committee. The suggestion by the Utility Consumers Action Network stemmed from the council’s approval in November 2015 of rate increases that will total […]
Eastern Municipal Water District dropped most water restrictions Wednesday – moving from measures taken to meet the state’s mandatory conservation orders to encouraging voluntary savings among customers. While state bans on wasteful water use remain, the district board voted unanimously to end its own restrictions and return the water rate structure to pre-drought emergency order […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The Orange County Register Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
California’s water regulators just can’t give up their control of our lawn watering and shower times, despite a federal analysis showing that most of the state is no longer in drought. Even as Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for 50 counties last month due to flooding, erosion and mud flows, and the […]
What is most surprising about the near-collapse of a spillway at Oroville Dam is that events like that have not happened more often. Located 75 miles north of Sacramento, Oroville is the nation’s tallest dam and holds back the state’s second-largest reservoir. Both its main spillway and an auxiliary one have experienced major erosion because […]
San Diego Clear Enough on Water Rates? City Eyes Consultant
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Ken Stone Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityA proposal to hire a consultant to study future rates for San Diego municipal water customers, and increase transparency in developing the prices, received initial backing Thursday from the City Council’s Environment Committee. The suggestion by the Utility Consumers Action Network stemmed from the council’s approval in November 2015 of rate increases that will total […]
Riverside County Water Supplier Ditches Most Restrictions
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Press-Enterprise (Riverside)by Suzanne HurtEastern Municipal Water District dropped most water restrictions Wednesday – moving from measures taken to meet the state’s mandatory conservation orders to encouraging voluntary savings among customers. While state bans on wasteful water use remain, the district board voted unanimously to end its own restrictions and return the water rate structure to pre-drought emergency order […]
OPINION: More Water, But Still More Controls
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Orange County Register Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityCalifornia’s water regulators just can’t give up their control of our lawn watering and shower times, despite a federal analysis showing that most of the state is no longer in drought. Even as Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for 50 counties last month due to flooding, erosion and mud flows, and the […]
OPINION: Dams Are Like Loaded Weapons. Oroville Could Be The First Disaster Of Many To Come
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Jacques LeslieWhat is most surprising about the near-collapse of a spillway at Oroville Dam is that events like that have not happened more often. Located 75 miles north of Sacramento, Oroville is the nation’s tallest dam and holds back the state’s second-largest reservoir. Both its main spillway and an auxiliary one have experienced major erosion because […]