The San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors today voted to raise rates 6.4 percent for untreated water and 5.9 percent for treated water in 2017. The Water Authority cited increasing expenses for imported water and the need to pass on higher costs for water from the desalination plant in Carlsbad. The SDCWA, which […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The Desert Sunby Sammy Roth Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Coachella Valley residents have slashed their water use nearly 25 percent over the past year in response to California’s historic drought. Now they face a new conservation mandate: zero percent. No, the drought isn’t over: The entire state is abnormally dry and 43 percent of it suffers from “extreme” or “exceptional” drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. But with […]
It’s only June, but temperatures are headed into 90-degree range, and a major fire is already front page news (“Santa Barbara County fire at 7,811 acres, 45 percent contained,” June 18). Because of the continuing California drought, authorities predicted another dangerous year, and the Sherpa Fire is one of 1,800 wildfires state and forest service […]
The thousands of acres burning across Southern California this week foreshadow what’s expected to be a severe wildfire season, the head of the U.S. Forest Service said. Chief Thomas L. Tidwell predicts certain parts of the country — including Southern California and Arizona, where four large, uncontained fires are burning this week — will have active […]
San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors Vote to Raise Water Rates
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Seaside Courier (Encinitas) Quoted: Mark WestonThe San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors today voted to raise rates 6.4 percent for untreated water and 5.9 percent for treated water in 2017. The Water Authority cited increasing expenses for imported water and the need to pass on higher costs for water from the desalination plant in Carlsbad. The SDCWA, which […]
California’s Drought Isn’t Over. Why Are So Many Water Agencies Ending Mandatory Conservation?
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sunby Sammy Roth Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityCoachella Valley residents have slashed their water use nearly 25 percent over the past year in response to California’s historic drought. Now they face a new conservation mandate: zero percent. No, the drought isn’t over: The entire state is abnormally dry and 43 percent of it suffers from “extreme” or “exceptional” drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. But with […]
OPINION: Drought, climate change increase intensity of California wildfires
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Luis Obispo TribuneIt’s only June, but temperatures are headed into 90-degree range, and a major fire is already front page news (“Santa Barbara County fire at 7,811 acres, 45 percent contained,” June 18). Because of the continuing California drought, authorities predicted another dangerous year, and the Sherpa Fire is one of 1,800 wildfires state and forest service […]
Southern California braces for severe wildfire season
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)The thousands of acres burning across Southern California this week foreshadow what’s expected to be a severe wildfire season, the head of the U.S. Forest Service said. Chief Thomas L. Tidwell predicts certain parts of the country — including Southern California and Arizona, where four large, uncontained fires are burning this week — will have active […]