The highly anticipated and overdue re-opening of San Vicente Reservoir – San Diego County’s most popular recreational reservoir – continues to be held up for the same unresolved issue; cables that attach the marina’s two docks to land. Shocking, isn’t it? A project that involved raising the dam 117 vertical feet (the tallest dam raise of its type […]
When engineer Bruce Townsend walks around this hot and dusty construction site in El Centro, it is not the massive gas-fired power plant nearby that catches his imagination. His eyes are planted firmly on the future of energy — and the low-slung metal building that will house it. “This is really going to take off,” […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /East County Magazine (La Mesa) Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
At today’s 2 p.m. meeting of the Helix Water District Board (7811 University Ave., La Mesa), directors will consider addition of fees and other changes at Lake Jennings, including adding kayak rentals and a tee-pee rental venue at the campground. These are the latest improvements proposed by a committee led by director Joel Scalzitti. As […]
BLOG: San Vicente Re-Opening Continues to be Held Up by Dock Cables
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /SD Fishby Kellen Ellis Quoted: James PalenThe highly anticipated and overdue re-opening of San Vicente Reservoir – San Diego County’s most popular recreational reservoir – continues to be held up for the same unresolved issue; cables that attach the marina’s two docks to land. Shocking, isn’t it? A project that involved raising the dam 117 vertical feet (the tallest dam raise of its type […]
Large-Scale Battery Project Ready to go Online in Imperial Valley
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBSby Erik AndersonWhen engineer Bruce Townsend walks around this hot and dusty construction site in El Centro, it is not the massive gas-fired power plant nearby that catches his imagination. His eyes are planted firmly on the future of energy — and the low-slung metal building that will house it. “This is really going to take off,” […]
Helix Water to Consider Fees, Changes at Lake Jennings Campground
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /East County Magazine (La Mesa) Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityAt today’s 2 p.m. meeting of the Helix Water District Board (7811 University Ave., La Mesa), directors will consider addition of fees and other changes at Lake Jennings, including adding kayak rentals and a tee-pee rental venue at the campground. These are the latest improvements proposed by a committee led by director Joel Scalzitti. As […]
Water Agencies May Ease Curbs
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Katie Falkenberg Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityCalifornia may be in its fifth year of drought, but on Tuesday, state water regulators effectively turned back the clock to 2013.