San Diego County / Southern California

The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.

OPINION: When it Comes to Water, do not Keep on Trucking

/in /by /Los Angeles Times

The multi-year drought has become so bad in some parts of California that last year wells dried up and communities had to have their water hauled in by truck. Even with that emergency lifeline, residents of places like East Porterville in Tulare County had to carefully parcel out their supplies for cooking and cleaning. Toilets were […]

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Recycled Water Station Opens in Scripps Ranch

/in /by /Rancho Bernardo-4S Ranch Patch

Recycled water will be available to San Diego water customers for free beginning Saturday in Scripps Ranch, according to city officials. The city of San Diego’s public utilities department will offer the water from a fill station at 10137 Meanley Drive on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. […]

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Calif Scorching Temps Astound Climate Scientists

/in /by /CityWatch (Los Angeles)by Nika Knight

As wildfire rages in California, flooding affects millions in India and China, and eggs are fried on sidewalks in Iraq, scientists say global climate catastrophe is surpassing predictions. Southern California’s years-long drought has resulted in one of the “most extreme” wildfires the region has ever seen. Record global heat in the first half of 2016 has caught […]

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New species of tiny endangered fish found only at Camp Pendleton

/in /by /The Los Angeles Timesby Sean Greene

Scientists say a tiny endangered fish found in lagoons and streams along the California coast belongs to two separate species. The tidewater goby, a 2-inch translucent fish, survives in relatively isolated populations from Del Norte County down to San Diego. The fish spend most of their lives in the same puddles, rarely traveling far from where […]

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