After a month of public outreach and meetings, the Desert Water Agency board of directors is set to vote in a rate hike next month which could result in an almost 80 percent increase to consumers’ bills over the next four years. DWA officials said the incremental hike is necessary to cover the operational costs […]
The report’s findings were unequivocal: Given the current pace of water diversions, the San Francisco Bay and the Delta network of rivers and marshes are ecological goners, with many of its native fish species now experiencing a “sixth extinction,” environmental science’s most-dire definition of ecosystem collapse. Once a vast, soaked marsh and channel fed by […]
California’s Department of Water Resources has made its initial projection of how much water public agencies can count on receiving from the canals and pipelines of the State Water Project next year: 20 percent of their full allotments. The state’s preliminary annual estimate for the major north-to-south water artery is typically readjusted depending on rain […]
Gusty winds and a slight chance of rain are in the forecast for parts of San Diego County Monday, but the weekend storms that generated record-breaking rainfall and prompted numerous weather advisories have moved out of the region. In a 48-hour period ending just after 9 p.m. Sunday, the back-to-back weekend weather systems dropped an […]
Desert Water Agency Poised To Approve Massive Rate Hike
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Corinne S KennedyAfter a month of public outreach and meetings, the Desert Water Agency board of directors is set to vote in a rate hike next month which could result in an almost 80 percent increase to consumers’ bills over the next four years. DWA officials said the incremental hike is necessary to cover the operational costs […]
California Aims To Recalibrate Water Flow From Depleted Rivers
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Julie CartThe report’s findings were unequivocal: Given the current pace of water diversions, the San Francisco Bay and the Delta network of rivers and marshes are ecological goners, with many of its native fish species now experiencing a “sixth extinction,” environmental science’s most-dire definition of ecosystem collapse. Once a vast, soaked marsh and channel fed by […]
California Drought: State Initially Estimates 20% Of Full Water Deliveries
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Ian JamesCalifornia’s Department of Water Resources has made its initial projection of how much water public agencies can count on receiving from the canals and pipelines of the State Water Project next year: 20 percent of their full allotments. The state’s preliminary annual estimate for the major north-to-south water artery is typically readjusted depending on rain […]
More Rain Expected For Parts of San Diego County Monday Afternoon
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /CBS8 NewsGusty winds and a slight chance of rain are in the forecast for parts of San Diego County Monday, but the weekend storms that generated record-breaking rainfall and prompted numerous weather advisories have moved out of the region. In a 48-hour period ending just after 9 p.m. Sunday, the back-to-back weekend weather systems dropped an […]