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 […]
The Oroville Dam in Northern California may seem far removed from San Diego. But there are millions of reasons, most in gallon form, for locals to be keeping an eye on the ongoing battle to keep its emergency spillway from collapsing. The dam, as the L.A. Times puts it, is the “linchpin” of the statewide […]
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 […]
Dam Our History: What the Oroville Crisis Means for San Diego
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Randy DotingaThe Oroville Dam in Northern California may seem far removed from San Diego. But there are millions of reasons, most in gallon form, for locals to be keeping an eye on the ongoing battle to keep its emergency spillway from collapsing. The dam, as the L.A. Times puts it, is the “linchpin” of the statewide […]