Wednesday will be a day of reckoning for California water wholesalers like Southern California’s Metropolitan Water District (MWD). They have to prove to the state that they have enough water to get through three more years of drought. If they don’t, they need to figure out how much they need to save. It’s a big […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Padma Nagappan Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
San Diego imports 80 percent of its water, with the Colorado River supplying about 63 percent, and 20 percent coming from Sierra Nevada runoff funneled from northern California via the State Water Project. The remaining 17 percent comes from local sources – a mix of rainwater, groundwater, desalination and recycled water. While these numbers vary […]
A federal judge Monday said he needed more information before he can determine if the government has erred in allowing Nestle to continuously withdraw millions of gallons of water annually from Strawberry Creek — 28 years after the company’s permit expired. Judge Jesus G. Bernal asked both U.S. Forest Service attorney Andrew Smith and Matt […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Environment & Energy Publishing (Washington, D.C.)by Jeremy P. Jacobs
The Salton Sea has gone from a midcentury vacation spot for movie stars to a post-apocalyptic desert with mounds of dead fish here, gurgling “mud pots” there, blasts from a military bombing range on the horizon and sulfuric stench everywhere. The worst is yet to come. California’s largest lake (350 square miles) is about to be […]
Do Southern California Water Wholesalers Have Enough Supply for 3 More Years of Drought?
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /89.3 KPCC (Pasadena)by Emily GuerinWednesday will be a day of reckoning for California water wholesalers like Southern California’s Metropolitan Water District (MWD). They have to prove to the state that they have enough water to get through three more years of drought. If they don’t, they need to figure out how much they need to save. It’s a big […]
BLOG: What Climate Change Means for San Diego’s Water
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Padma Nagappan Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthoritySan Diego imports 80 percent of its water, with the Colorado River supplying about 63 percent, and 20 percent coming from Sierra Nevada runoff funneled from northern California via the State Water Project. The remaining 17 percent comes from local sources – a mix of rainwater, groundwater, desalination and recycled water. While these numbers vary […]
Federal Judge Wants More Details Before Ruling in Nestle Lawsuit
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Bernardino County Sunby Jim SteinbergA federal judge Monday said he needed more information before he can determine if the government has erred in allowing Nestle to continuously withdraw millions of gallons of water annually from Strawberry Creek — 28 years after the company’s permit expired. Judge Jesus G. Bernal asked both U.S. Forest Service attorney Andrew Smith and Matt […]
DEAD SEAS: Landmark Water Transfer Creates Environmental Wasteland
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Environment & Energy Publishing (Washington, D.C.)by Jeremy P. JacobsThe Salton Sea has gone from a midcentury vacation spot for movie stars to a post-apocalyptic desert with mounds of dead fish here, gurgling “mud pots” there, blasts from a military bombing range on the horizon and sulfuric stench everywhere. The worst is yet to come. California’s largest lake (350 square miles) is about to be […]