/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Allison Sampite-Montecalvo Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The Sweetwater Authority board recently finalized its budget and water rates, approving a $55 million budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year with no rate increase for residential customers. At the Aug. 29 public hearing, the board voted for a rate decrease for commercial customers and an increase for public agency customers. Despite no local rate […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Ramona Sentinelby Karen Brainard Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The water district says it’s time to seek proposals to conduct a water rate study since the last one was in 2011. At the water board’s Aug. 9 meeting David Barnum, the district’s general manager, said the agency did not raise water rates this year in anticipation of an updated rate study. The study would […]
Locked in a multi-year drought, California’s urban water suppliers have, for the most part, happily enforced rules that prohibit specific wasteful water practices, such as hosing down driveways and over-watering lawns. But far fewer agencies have been willing to go beyond state mandates and penalize customers simply for using profligate volumes of water. The names of those […]
Tom Anderson stands on an overlook on the southern edge of the shallow lake. Red Rock Hill rises up near the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, where Anderson is a deputy project manager. Anderson works to reclaim habitat for shore birds that come here to forage and feed. Agricultural runoff and evaporation team […]
Water Agency Approves $55 Million Budget
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Allison Sampite-Montecalvo Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe Sweetwater Authority board recently finalized its budget and water rates, approving a $55 million budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year with no rate increase for residential customers. At the Aug. 29 public hearing, the board voted for a rate decrease for commercial customers and an increase for public agency customers. Despite no local rate […]
District to Conduct Water Rate Study
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Ramona Sentinelby Karen Brainard Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe water district says it’s time to seek proposals to conduct a water rate study since the last one was in 2011. At the water board’s Aug. 9 meeting David Barnum, the district’s general manager, said the agency did not raise water rates this year in anticipation of an updated rate study. The study would […]
Heavy Water Users in California Could Face Penalties, $500 Fines If Drought Persists
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KTLALocked in a multi-year drought, California’s urban water suppliers have, for the most part, happily enforced rules that prohibit specific wasteful water practices, such as hosing down driveways and over-watering lawns. But far fewer agencies have been willing to go beyond state mandates and penalize customers simply for using profligate volumes of water. The names of those […]
Fading Salton Sea Thirsting For Water
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBSby Erik AndersonTom Anderson stands on an overlook on the southern edge of the shallow lake. Red Rock Hill rises up near the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, where Anderson is a deputy project manager. Anderson works to reclaim habitat for shore birds that come here to forage and feed. Agricultural runoff and evaporation team […]