Randy Garcia points a flashlight into a bush and shakes the leaves. Martin Serrano climbs a ladder to peer into rain gutters. Yessenia Avilez ducks under stairs and flips over a plastic tarp collecting water. In a Silver Lake backyard resembling a small jungle, the team — dressed in khaki shirts tucked into blue slacks — […]
Activists who are trying to block Nestle’s bottling of water from a national forest have questioned the company’s claim that it holds water rights dating to the 1800s. Now California regulators are conducting an investigation to get to the bottom of the dispute. Nestle Waters North America has long been piping water out of the […]
State regulators have approved new water conservation rules that could loosen water restriction imposed by Gov. Jerry Brown last year. The State Water Resources Control Board voted 4-0 Wednesday to allow local water districts to set their own water savings targets based on the water supply and demand forecasts for their areas, the Los Angeles […]
As a consequence of the drought, state water officials are moving toward regulations preventing overdrafting of groundwater basins. The California Water Commission approved regulations Wednesday that will guide creation of sustainability plans by local groundwater agencies. For more than a century, groundwater pumping in California has been mostly unregulated. Groundwater supplies over a third of […]
Fighting Zika Virus in a Silver Lake Backyard: The Hunt for the ‘Cockroach of Mosquitoes’
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Times by By Soumya KarlamanglaRandy Garcia points a flashlight into a bush and shakes the leaves. Martin Serrano climbs a ladder to peer into rain gutters. Yessenia Avilez ducks under stairs and flips over a plastic tarp collecting water. In a Silver Lake backyard resembling a small jungle, the team — dressed in khaki shirts tucked into blue slacks — […]
California Investigates Nestle Water Rights
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs) by By Ian JamesActivists who are trying to block Nestle’s bottling of water from a national forest have questioned the company’s claim that it holds water rights dating to the 1800s. Now California regulators are conducting an investigation to get to the bottom of the dispute. Nestle Waters North America has long been piping water out of the […]
State lets local water boards set conservation goals
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Fox5 San Diegoby Bob PontingState regulators have approved new water conservation rules that could loosen water restriction imposed by Gov. Jerry Brown last year. The State Water Resources Control Board voted 4-0 Wednesday to allow local water districts to set their own water savings targets based on the water supply and demand forecasts for their areas, the Los Angeles […]
Groundwater overdrafting facing new regulations
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Inland Empire NewsAs a consequence of the drought, state water officials are moving toward regulations preventing overdrafting of groundwater basins. The California Water Commission approved regulations Wednesday that will guide creation of sustainability plans by local groundwater agencies. For more than a century, groundwater pumping in California has been mostly unregulated. Groundwater supplies over a third of […]