/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /SCVTV (Santa Clarita) Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
California water suppliers can begin warning and fining residential users for excessive water use during drought emergencies under a bill signed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown. California’s more than 400 urban water suppliers will be tasked with creating a scheme that identifies water-guzzling water homeowners drought emergencies as well as implementing a system to hand […]
A drone whirred to life in a cloud of dust, then shot hundreds of feet skyward for a bird’s-eye view of a vast tomato field in California’s Central Valley, the nation’s most productive farming region. Equipped with a state-of-the-art thermal camera, the drone crisscrossed the field, scanning it for cool, soggy patches where a gopher may […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Karen Pearlman Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The San Vicente Reservoir in Lakeside will reopen for fishing and recreation Sept. 22 after a little more than eight years of being closed. The reservoir, owned by the city of San Diego, shut down to visitors Sept. 2, 2008, so the county Water Authority could raise the height of the reservoir’s concrete dam to […]
A North Tustin senior housing project got derailed. Affordable housing for low-income residents in Orange was waylaid for several months. A water pipeline for south Orange County has been held up for four years. And a Santa Ana homeless shelter ended up going elsewhere. All four projects – serving the elderly, the poor, the homeless […]
Brown Signs Bill Allowing Utilities to Fine Water Wasters
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /SCVTV (Santa Clarita) Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityCalifornia water suppliers can begin warning and fining residential users for excessive water use during drought emergencies under a bill signed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown. California’s more than 400 urban water suppliers will be tasked with creating a scheme that identifies water-guzzling water homeowners drought emergencies as well as implementing a system to hand […]
In Drought, Drones Help California Farmers Save Every Drop
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Scott SmithA drone whirred to life in a cloud of dust, then shot hundreds of feet skyward for a bird’s-eye view of a vast tomato field in California’s Central Valley, the nation’s most productive farming region. Equipped with a state-of-the-art thermal camera, the drone crisscrossed the field, scanning it for cool, soggy patches where a gopher may […]
San Vicente Reservoir to Open Sept. 22
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Karen Pearlman Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Vicente Reservoir in Lakeside will reopen for fishing and recreation Sept. 22 after a little more than eight years of being closed. The reservoir, owned by the city of San Diego, shut down to visitors Sept. 2, 2008, so the county Water Authority could raise the height of the reservoir’s concrete dam to […]
Does California’s Environmental Protection Law Impede Development? Five Things to Know About CEQA
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Orange County Registerby Jeff CollinsA North Tustin senior housing project got derailed. Affordable housing for low-income residents in Orange was waylaid for several months. A water pipeline for south Orange County has been held up for four years. And a Santa Ana homeless shelter ended up going elsewhere. All four projects – serving the elderly, the poor, the homeless […]