State regulators want to leave more water for fish and wildlife in the heavily tapped tributaries of the San Joaquin River, setting the stage for another bruising California water fight. The proposal to keep more water flowing in the Merced, Tuolumne and Stanislaus rivers could spread the pain caused by environmentally related water cuts to irrigation districts and cities that have […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Quoted: Maureen Stapleton, Dennis Cushman, Fern Steiner, Michael Hogan, Mark Watton and Tom Kennedy
The San Diego County Water Authority is trying to become a player in the energy market. It’s not going very well.The agency’s biggest energy project is increasingly bogged down by a soaring price tag, relatively small returns and questions about whether it’s even needed. The project aims to address what’s become a major problem in […]
A small school district in Warner Springs is still struggling with arsenic levels in its water that are above state limits, according to a new report. The Warner Unified School District is one of 95 water systems in California with arsenic levels that exceed the state threshold, the report by the Environmental Integrity Project found. The […]
For decades, environmentalists have rhapsodized about the tranquil beauty of California’s deserts while battling fiercely with energy companies, the government and within their own ranks over what if any power production should occur on those sun-baked, wind-blown, geothermally active expanses of land. On Wednesday, U.S. Interior Department officials signed a blueprint that they touted as a finely tuned effort to balance conservation of […]
A Plan to Keep Rivers Flowing For Fish Triggers Another Water Fight
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Bettina BoxallState regulators want to leave more water for fish and wildlife in the heavily tapped tributaries of the San Joaquin River, setting the stage for another bruising California water fight. The proposal to keep more water flowing in the Merced, Tuolumne and Stanislaus rivers could spread the pain caused by environmentally related water cuts to irrigation districts and cities that have […]
The Water Authority’s Big, Strange Battery Bet
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Quoted: Maureen Stapleton, Dennis Cushman, Fern Steiner, Michael Hogan, Mark Watton and Tom KennedyThe San Diego County Water Authority is trying to become a player in the energy market. It’s not going very well.The agency’s biggest energy project is increasingly bogged down by a soaring price tag, relatively small returns and questions about whether it’s even needed. The project aims to address what’s become a major problem in […]
Warner Springs District Struggling with Arsenic in Water
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Deborah Sullivan BrennanA small school district in Warner Springs is still struggling with arsenic levels in its water that are above state limits, according to a new report. The Warner Unified School District is one of 95 water systems in California with arsenic levels that exceed the state threshold, the report by the Environmental Integrity Project found. The […]
Interior Department Signs Blueprint For Renewable Energy Development in The California Desert
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Bettina BoxallFor decades, environmentalists have rhapsodized about the tranquil beauty of California’s deserts while battling fiercely with energy companies, the government and within their own ranks over what if any power production should occur on those sun-baked, wind-blown, geothermally active expanses of land. On Wednesday, U.S. Interior Department officials signed a blueprint that they touted as a finely tuned effort to balance conservation of […]