Dry spells come and go in California, where the difference between a wet and dry year often depends on how much precipitation the state gets from just a few storms during winter. During the period of recorded water history, California’s most significant statewide droughts were 1929-34, 1976-77, 1987-1992, 2007-09 and the current five-year drought, according […]
The discovery in drinking water of lead, copper and bacterial contamination due to aging plumbing at La Mirada Elementary School in the San Ysidro School District should be a wake-up call for all local — and state — districts with older schools. San Ysidro officials are so worried about the possibility of water contamination at two […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The CW6by John Carroll Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
San Diego County’s Water Authority criticized action taken Wednesday by the State Water Board. On Wednesday afternoon, the Board voted to continue water conservation regulations on a statewide basis. It was late last month that the San Diego County Water Authority declared the drought over in San Diego County. On that day, they called for […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson Smith Quoted: Dana Friehauf
Despite blankets of snow and rain that have covered California this winter, the state’s top water cops voted Wednesday to maintain emergency drought rules that have been in place in one form or another during the past 19 months. Regional water managers, including those in San Diego County, traveled to Sacramento to plead with the State Water Resources Control Board […]
California’s History of Dry Spells in Photos
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC Southern Californiaby Jonathan LloydDry spells come and go in California, where the difference between a wet and dry year often depends on how much precipitation the state gets from just a few storms during winter. During the period of recorded water history, California’s most significant statewide droughts were 1929-34, 1976-77, 1987-1992, 2007-09 and the current five-year drought, according […]
OPINION: San Ysidro Schools’ Lead Threat A Wake-Up Call For All
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-TribuneThe discovery in drinking water of lead, copper and bacterial contamination due to aging plumbing at La Mirada Elementary School in the San Ysidro School District should be a wake-up call for all local — and state — districts with older schools. San Ysidro officials are so worried about the possibility of water contamination at two […]
State Water Board Votes To Keep Water Restrictions In Place
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The CW6by John Carroll Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthoritySan Diego County’s Water Authority criticized action taken Wednesday by the State Water Board. On Wednesday afternoon, the Board voted to continue water conservation regulations on a statewide basis. It was late last month that the San Diego County Water Authority declared the drought over in San Diego County. On that day, they called for […]
State Regulators Vote To Continue Drought Rules
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson Smith Quoted: Dana FriehaufDespite blankets of snow and rain that have covered California this winter, the state’s top water cops voted Wednesday to maintain emergency drought rules that have been in place in one form or another during the past 19 months. Regional water managers, including those in San Diego County, traveled to Sacramento to plead with the State Water Resources Control Board […]