/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /WaterWorld (Tulsa, Okla.) Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Last week, the San Diego County Water Authority priced a $340 million bond sale that will reduce the cost of financing vital water supply reliability projects over the next two decades. When completed, the transaction will re-fund $340 million in long-term, fixed-rate bonds issued in 2008 and 2010, saving the water authority $63.2 million over […]
/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 […]
VIDEO: WaterWorld Weekly Newscast: San Diego Water Authority Executes Money-Saving $340M Bond Sale
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /WaterWorld (Tulsa, Okla.) Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityLast week, the San Diego County Water Authority priced a $340 million bond sale that will reduce the cost of financing vital water supply reliability projects over the next two decades. When completed, the transaction will re-fund $340 million in long-term, fixed-rate bonds issued in 2008 and 2010, saving the water authority $63.2 million over […]
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 […]