/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby J. Harry Jones Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The long-delayed and hotly contested Gregory Canyon Landfill doesn’t appear to be getting any closer to obtaining all of the permits still needed before construction of the dump south of state Route 76 near Pala could begin. Work has yet to even begin on a permit needed from the county’s Air Pollution Control District because […]
The Godzilla of all El Niños is dead. And the big guy went out with a whimper, at least in Southern California. On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center declared the much-anticipated – and miserably disappointing – El Niño of 2015-16 history. “There’s nothing left,” said Climate Prediction Center Deputy Director Mike […]
Over a decade ago, Poseidon Water came to Orange County and began applying for permits to build a desalination plant in Huntington Beach to turn sea water into drinking water. The process stalled for years. The proposed plant would only produce about eight percent of Orange County’s water needs, would be nearly twice as expensive […]
Temecula area homeowners will be getting a little budgetary wiggle room in the near future. The Rancho California Water District approved a new water rate structure on Thursday morning that should make it easier for people to water their lawns or fill up their pools. The structure, which the district calls “stage 3c” of its […]
North County Landfill Permit on Hold
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby J. Harry Jones Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe long-delayed and hotly contested Gregory Canyon Landfill doesn’t appear to be getting any closer to obtaining all of the permits still needed before construction of the dump south of state Route 76 near Pala could begin. Work has yet to even begin on a permit needed from the county’s Air Pollution Control District because […]
EL NINO: ‘The Great Wet Hope’ is dead
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Press Enterprise (Riverside)by David DowneyThe Godzilla of all El Niños is dead. And the big guy went out with a whimper, at least in Southern California. On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center declared the much-anticipated – and miserably disappointing – El Niño of 2015-16 history. “There’s nothing left,” said Climate Prediction Center Deputy Director Mike […]
OPINION: Brown: Desal Means Paying Premium Prices For Water We Don’t Need
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of OCby Garry BrownOver a decade ago, Poseidon Water came to Orange County and began applying for permits to build a desalination plant in Huntington Beach to turn sea water into drinking water. The process stalled for years. The proposed plant would only produce about eight percent of Orange County’s water needs, would be nearly twice as expensive […]
TEMECULA: Drought surcharges axed by Rancho Water district
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Press-Enterpriseby AARON CLAVERIETemecula area homeowners will be getting a little budgetary wiggle room in the near future. The Rancho California Water District approved a new water rate structure on Thursday morning that should make it easier for people to water their lawns or fill up their pools. The structure, which the district calls “stage 3c” of its […]