A mere year after opening, the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant is seeing enormous success in its efforts to provide water for California in the midst of the state’s multi-year drought. Opened on Dec. 14 2015, the Carlsbad plant uses the most technologically advanced seawater desalination equipment of any plant in the nation. Pulling […]
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California approved a Local Resources Program agreement with the Eastern Municipal Water District for the Perris II Brackish Groundwater Desalter which will provide EMWD with a subsidy of $305 per acre-foot. The MWD board action Nov. 8 will provide EMWD with the $305 per acre-foot subsidy for up to […]
San Diego and surrounding cities will save over $1 billion by continuing to allow pollution in Chollas Creek, one of the region’s most polluted waterways, rather than cleaning it up as the cities had previously been ordered to do.That will allow thousands of pounds of zinc and copper to continue flowing into the creek, but […]
The California Desert includes some of the driest, hottest places on the planet. There are parts of the California desert where entire years have been recorded with no rainfall. Those places are notable mainly because someone was keeping records. Across the tens of thousands of square miles of diverse ecosystems that make up the California […]
Carlsbad Desalination Plant Produces 15 Billion Gallons Of Fresh Water In First Year
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Examinerby Nuala Sawyer Quoted: Mark MuirA mere year after opening, the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant is seeing enormous success in its efforts to provide water for California in the midst of the state’s multi-year drought. Opened on Dec. 14 2015, the Carlsbad plant uses the most technologically advanced seawater desalination equipment of any plant in the nation. Pulling […]
MWD Approves Perris II Desalter Subsidy
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Valley News (Fallbrook)by Joe NaimanThe Metropolitan Water District of Southern California approved a Local Resources Program agreement with the Eastern Municipal Water District for the Perris II Brackish Groundwater Desalter which will provide EMWD with a subsidy of $305 per acre-foot. The MWD board action Nov. 8 will provide EMWD with the $305 per acre-foot subsidy for up to […]
San Diego Cities Will Save $1 Billion by Changing Regulations to Avoid Chollas Creek Cleanup
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry RivardSan Diego and surrounding cities will save over $1 billion by continuing to allow pollution in Chollas Creek, one of the region’s most polluted waterways, rather than cleaning it up as the cities had previously been ordered to do.That will allow thousands of pounds of zinc and copper to continue flowing into the creek, but […]
The Desert Is Made of Water
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KCET (Burbank)by Chris ClarkeThe California Desert includes some of the driest, hottest places on the planet. There are parts of the California desert where entire years have been recorded with no rainfall. Those places are notable mainly because someone was keeping records. Across the tens of thousands of square miles of diverse ecosystems that make up the California […]