San Diego County / Southern California
The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
Scientific Report States Poseidon Desalination Plans Will Destroy Microscopic Life
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /OC Weekly (Orange County)by Mary CarreonIt doesn’t take a whole lot of common sense to understand that the proposed desalination project in Huntington Beach is going to harm the environment. The marine life that inhabits the marshland by the smoke stacks along PCH will be impacted by the construction of the plant, causing hundreds, if not thousands, of habitats to […]
Relining of Pipelines Crossing Hwy. 76 in 2016-17 Aqueduct Operating Plan
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Fallbrook/Bonsall Village Newsby Joe Naiman Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority (CWA) annually develops an Aqueduct Operating Plan which was presented to the CWA’s Engineering and Operations Committee during the committee’s June 25 meeting, and the CWA plans to shut down its three Second Aqueduct pipelines which cross State Route 76 for inspection of the new relining. The presentation, which […]
The Drought’s Water-Rate Paradox
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry RivardWhen water use goes down, water prices go up. It’s a maddening paradox San Diegans have dealt with for the past year. When Gov. Jerry Brown last year ordered Californians to use 25 percent less water, water agencies saw their sales plunge and holes open up in their balance sheets. So they raised rates. Short showers, brown […]
Gov. Brown Makes Some Temporary State Water Limits Permanent: Cites Likelihood that Drought Will Continue
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Idyllwild Town Crierby Marshall SmithCiting California’s five-year drought, Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order making some of the state’s temporary water restrictions permanent. Permanently banned are wasteful practices such as hosing off driveways and washing cars with hoses that lack shut-off nozzles. The governor credited Californians with having accomplished significant water conservation, saving 1.3-million-acre-feet of water from June 2015 to […]