An environmental impact report on San Diego’s nearly $3 billion plan to recycle wastewater into drinking water will go before the City Council’s Environment Committee Wednesday. Supporters of the so-called “Pure Water San Diego” program say it will provide residents and businesses with a stable, local supply of potable water that won’t be affected by […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby ALLISON HARVEY TURNER & BARRY GOLD
Until recently, most people weren’t familiar with the Salton Sea. But as California’s largest lake has rapidly receded over the last several years, it has begun to grab national headlines as the site of several doomsday scenarios for public health, the environment and the economy. As the water level drops, miles of lake bed are […]
The United States wrought “devastating consequences” upon farmers in California’s Central Valley when it took control of water meant for agriculture and residents and diverted it to other districts on the west side of the Central Valley, Fresno and 17 water districts claim in a $350 million federal lawsuit. Fresno and the water district say […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Ken Stone Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The former director of binational affairs for the city of San Diego is the newest member of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Elsa Saxod, who was installed during Tuesday’s board meeting at MWD headquarters in Los Angeles, is the city of San Diego mayor’s appointee to the San […]
City To Learn About Environmental Impact Of “Pure Water” Plan
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Patch Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination PlantAn environmental impact report on San Diego’s nearly $3 billion plan to recycle wastewater into drinking water will go before the City Council’s Environment Committee Wednesday. Supporters of the so-called “Pure Water San Diego” program say it will provide residents and businesses with a stable, local supply of potable water that won’t be affected by […]
Solving the Salton Sea crisis
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby ALLISON HARVEY TURNER & BARRY GOLDUntil recently, most people weren’t familiar with the Salton Sea. But as California’s largest lake has rapidly receded over the last several years, it has begun to grab national headlines as the site of several doomsday scenarios for public health, the environment and the economy. As the water level drops, miles of lake bed are […]
Cost of Federal Water Grab Came to $350M, California Districts Say
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Service (Pasadena)by TIM RYANThe United States wrought “devastating consequences” upon farmers in California’s Central Valley when it took control of water meant for agriculture and residents and diverted it to other districts on the west side of the Central Valley, Fresno and 17 water districts claim in a $350 million federal lawsuit. Fresno and the water district say […]
SDSU Grad Elsa Saxod Named to Powerful MWD Water Agency Board
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Ken Stone Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe former director of binational affairs for the city of San Diego is the newest member of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Elsa Saxod, who was installed during Tuesday’s board meeting at MWD headquarters in Los Angeles, is the city of San Diego mayor’s appointee to the San […]