/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /KALW (San Francisco)by Angela Johnston Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination Plant
The California drought is now in it’s fifth year, and a recent study says it won’t be over for years to come. The study analyzed California’s mountain snowpack and found that we’d need almost four and a half more years of winter storms to escape drought conditions. But just few months ago, after a not-so-impressive […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Marco Gonzalez Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Earlier this summer, the San Diego County Taxpayers Association gave its Golden Watchdog award to the Carlsbad Desalination Project, reflecting the group’s support “every step of the way” for what many in the environmental community consider the region’s biggest boondoggle in recent memory. While much of the fight against the desalination plant has focused on the […]
With conservation cutting into demand, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California used nearly 16 acres of land originally set aside for additional water production for a solar farm at its F.E. Weymouth Water Treatment Plant in La Verne. The $10.5 million solar installation produces 3 megawatts of electricity at capacity, or enough to supply one-half of the treatment plant’s power […]
Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan for a regional electricity grid is being put on hold this year, and lawmakers are no longer expected to consider a measure that would allow California to partner with five other states in buying and selling power. The governor and state regulators hope more interstate cooperation would eventually help spread clean […]
Relaxed Conservation Measures Don’t Mean the Drought is Over
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KALW (San Francisco)by Angela Johnston Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination PlantThe California drought is now in it’s fifth year, and a recent study says it won’t be over for years to come. The study analyzed California’s mountain snowpack and found that we’d need almost four and a half more years of winter storms to escape drought conditions. But just few months ago, after a not-so-impressive […]
OPINION: Taxpayers Group Doesn’t Seem to Care About Taxpayers When it Comes to the Desal Plant
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Marco Gonzalez Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityEarlier this summer, the San Diego County Taxpayers Association gave its Golden Watchdog award to the Carlsbad Desalination Project, reflecting the group’s support “every step of the way” for what many in the environmental community consider the region’s biggest boondoggle in recent memory. While much of the fight against the desalination plant has focused on the […]
Metropolitan Water District Saving Money Lost During Drought by Investing in Solar
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee / San Gabriel Valley Tribune (Monrovia)by Steve ScauzilloWith conservation cutting into demand, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California used nearly 16 acres of land originally set aside for additional water production for a solar farm at its F.E. Weymouth Water Treatment Plant in La Verne. The $10.5 million solar installation produces 3 megawatts of electricity at capacity, or enough to supply one-half of the treatment plant’s power […]
California’s Regional Electricity Grid Plan on Hold
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Chris Megerian and Ivan PennGov. Jerry Brown’s plan for a regional electricity grid is being put on hold this year, and lawmakers are no longer expected to consider a measure that would allow California to partner with five other states in buying and selling power. The governor and state regulators hope more interstate cooperation would eventually help spread clean […]