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.
OPINION: Share your Local Pride with WaterSmart Living (by Mark Muir)
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Seaside Courier (Encinitas)The San Diego region stepped up to the challenge of unprecedented state water-use mandates over the last year by reducing water use 22 percent compared to 2013. That phenomenal effort allowed the region to store 100,000 acre-feet of water behind the newly raised San Vicente Dam for future use. Thank you to everyone who helped. […]
History of the Water Rights of People in the Santa Margarita Watershed
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Anza Valley Outlook (Fallbrook)by Tony Ault Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityBefore recorded history Native American tribes like the Cahuilla, Santa Rosa, Ramona and Pechanga hunted and fished along the 27-mile free-flowing river created by the rainfall and watershed coming off Anza’s Thomas Mountain. The river runs southwest through Anza, Aguanga, Temecula, portions of Murrieta and Wildomar into Fallbrook, from there to Camp Pendleton where its […]
How Water Restrictions Are Changing, Depending on Where You Live
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry RivardWater agencies across California are relaxing the water use restrictions they imposed last year. But what does that mean for you? In San Diego County, there was basically enough water despite the drought to meet the region’s demands, but people still obeyed Gov. Jerry Brown’s mandate to cut water use by 25 percent. Now that winter snow […]
Environmentalists Skeptical of California’s $15 Billion ‘Water Fix’
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Service (Pasadena)by Nick CahillCalifornia’s ambitious $15 billion plan to tunnel below the largest freshwater estuary on the West Coast in hopes of fixing its water woes will “minimize” effects on endangered salmon, state officials said Tuesday — though environmentalists doubt it. The California Department of Water Resources said the controversial project will give officials more flexibility in monitoring and […]