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.
Metropolitan Water District Saving Money Lost During Drought by Investing in Solar
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee / San Gabriel Valley Tribune (Monrovia)by Steve ScauzilloWith conservation cutting into demand, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California used nearly 16 acres of land originally set aside for additional water production for a solar farm at its F.E. Weymouth Water Treatment Plant in La Verne. The $10.5 million solar installation produces 3 megawatts of electricity at capacity, or enough to supply one-half of the treatment plant’s power […]
California’s Regional Electricity Grid Plan on Hold
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Chris Megerian and Ivan PennGov. Jerry Brown’s plan for a regional electricity grid is being put on hold this year, and lawmakers are no longer expected to consider a measure that would allow California to partner with five other states in buying and selling power. The governor and state regulators hope more interstate cooperation would eventually help spread clean […]
OPINION: Not So Fast Governor Brown, You’re Putting CEQA … and Your Legacy … in Jeopardy
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /City Watch (Los Angeles)by Tim DeeganThese are big shoes to fill: a man who knew that water was California’s new gold rush and who helped create the California State Water Project in order to quench the thirst of a growing California population and power up the state’s role as America’s biggest farm. He also oversaw the building-out of the freeway system […]
OPINION: ‘Water Rights’ a Drowning Legal Issue in Anza and Aguanga
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Anza Valley Outlook (Fallbrook)by Tony AultThe current concern over citizen’s water rights by residential and commercial developers in the Anza Aguanga Valley that is hindering the areas sought after economic growth stems back almost 75 years in the history of the Santa Margarita Watershed. In recent months the issue of citizen’s water rights, once again came to the forefront of […]