The premise that Californians should be conserving at the same level as 2015 and that anything less is “backsliding” is ill-conceived. The reality is that our water supply picture — especially in Northern California — is not “precarious” as suggested by State Water Board staff. (“Water conservation improved in September but is still worse than […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Shirley Dettloff Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
As a former Huntington Beach mayor, past member of the Coastal Commission and a 52-year resident of Huntington Beach, I am supporting Poseidon’s desalination project in Huntington Beach. I have followed the project for all of the years that it has been talked about, studied, researched and have come to the conclusion that it must […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Seaside Courier (Encinitas)by Thomas K. Arnold Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The city of Carlsbad Nov. 1 celebrated the expansion of its water recycling plant, a project the city says will increase water reliability by enabling companies, schools, HOAs and other large water users to conserve limited drinking water supplies by utilizing recycled water for irrigation and other non-drinking uses. Recycled water is wastewater that has […]
A rainy October in Northern California has lifted about a quarter of the state out of drought conditions, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported Thursday. It’s the rosiest picture released by federal officials since the spring of 2013, when about 64% of the state was considered to be in “moderate drought” — or worse. The rains so […]
OPINION: Northern California Has A Much Different Water Outlook Than L.A.
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby John WoodlingThe premise that Californians should be conserving at the same level as 2015 and that anything less is “backsliding” is ill-conceived. The reality is that our water supply picture — especially in Northern California — is not “precarious” as suggested by State Water Board staff. (“Water conservation improved in September but is still worse than […]
OPINION: Two Opposing Views On Desalination Project
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Shirley Dettloff Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityAs a former Huntington Beach mayor, past member of the Coastal Commission and a 52-year resident of Huntington Beach, I am supporting Poseidon’s desalination project in Huntington Beach. I have followed the project for all of the years that it has been talked about, studied, researched and have come to the conclusion that it must […]
Carlsbad Celebrates Expansion Of Water Recycling Plant
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Seaside Courier (Encinitas)by Thomas K. Arnold Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe city of Carlsbad Nov. 1 celebrated the expansion of its water recycling plant, a project the city says will increase water reliability by enabling companies, schools, HOAs and other large water users to conserve limited drinking water supplies by utilizing recycled water for irrigation and other non-drinking uses. Recycled water is wastewater that has […]
Feds Say 25% Of California Is Drought-Free, But State Experts Are Still Cautious
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Matt StevensA rainy October in Northern California has lifted about a quarter of the state out of drought conditions, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported Thursday. It’s the rosiest picture released by federal officials since the spring of 2013, when about 64% of the state was considered to be in “moderate drought” — or worse. The rains so […]