On an overcast day in May, construction is in full swing on the Charles E. Meyer Desalination Facility in this affluent enclave on the Central California coast. Several workers fine-tune rebar in foundations for processing units, while two others deploy a large spinning plate to melt the edges of an ocean intake pipe so it […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Tracie Barham Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Without mandatory conservation, San Diego is positioning itself to fall back into the same short-sighted planning that built the state’s drought inadequacies in the first place. For decades, the San Diego region inched closer and closer to a drought crisis, pumping more water for more lawns from the ever-dwindling supplies in the Colorado River Basin […]
Some coastal cities are rushing to prepare for rising sea levels, but Coronado – surrounded almost entirely by the ocean and a bay – is not one of them. Sea-level rise could affect what’s on Coronado already, as well as future development in the city and Navy property. Everything from a new city beach bathroom […]
When it comes to California’s ongoing drought, there’s good news and bad news. While the level of statewide drought has been decreasing over the past year, La Niña predictions suggest California could be in for more dryness in the near future. The latest numbers from the U.S. Drought Monitor show less drought throughout the state […]
Desalination Plants Get a Reboot to Fight Water Shortages
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Take Partby Erica Gies Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination PlantOn an overcast day in May, construction is in full swing on the Charles E. Meyer Desalination Facility in this affluent enclave on the Central California coast. Several workers fine-tune rebar in foundations for processing units, while two others deploy a large spinning plate to melt the edges of an ocean intake pipe so it […]
San Diego Water Authority Is Pretending the Drought Is Over; It’s Not
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Tracie Barham Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityWithout mandatory conservation, San Diego is positioning itself to fall back into the same short-sighted planning that built the state’s drought inadequacies in the first place. For decades, the San Diego region inched closer and closer to a drought crisis, pumping more water for more lawns from the ever-dwindling supplies in the Colorado River Basin […]
When it Comes to Rising Sea Levels, Coronado Is Treading Water
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard and Maya SrikrishnanSome coastal cities are rushing to prepare for rising sea levels, but Coronado – surrounded almost entirely by the ocean and a bay – is not one of them. Sea-level rise could affect what’s on Coronado already, as well as future development in the city and Navy property. Everything from a new city beach bathroom […]
California Drought Update: There’s Good News, And Bad
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBSby David WagnerWhen it comes to California’s ongoing drought, there’s good news and bad news. While the level of statewide drought has been decreasing over the past year, La Niña predictions suggest California could be in for more dryness in the near future. The latest numbers from the U.S. Drought Monitor show less drought throughout the state […]