San Diego has built out massive water infrastructure systems over the years that are now standing idle as water demand drops. “This winter, demand for water was so low that the San Diego County Water Authority temporarily idled a $160 million plant in San Marcos that it built less than a decade ago. Water agencies […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /AZoBuild (Cheshire, U.K.) Mentioned: Sam Diego County Water Authority
More than 80 percent of the water used in San Diego County is imported from Northern California and the Colorado River. The $1.5 billion E&CSP project, owned by the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA), is a system of reservoirs, interconnected pipelines and pumping stations that provide water system resilience and reliability to the San […]
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said the United States and Mexico are making important progress in talks on a new accord to share water from the Colorado River, which is badly over-tapped and approaching critical shortage levels. American and Mexican officials have been negotiating an agreement to replace their current five-year accord, which expires in 2017. Jewell […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Village News (Fallbrook) Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Rainbow Municipal Water District board member Dennis Sanford is in the runoff election for the alternate special district member seat on San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO). Four special district board members sought the four-year term as the special districts alternate, but none received the necessary majority and a runoff between the two […]
San Diego’s Multi-Million Dollar Treatment Plants Stand Idle
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water Onlineby By Sara Jerome Quoted: Mike LeeSan Diego has built out massive water infrastructure systems over the years that are now standing idle as water demand drops. “This winter, demand for water was so low that the San Diego County Water Authority temporarily idled a $160 million plant in San Marcos that it built less than a decade ago. Water agencies […]
Water Resilience Project Wins 2016 Excellence in the Constructed Project Award
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /AZoBuild (Cheshire, U.K.) Mentioned: Sam Diego County Water AuthorityMore than 80 percent of the water used in San Diego County is imported from Northern California and the Colorado River. The $1.5 billion E&CSP project, owned by the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA), is a system of reservoirs, interconnected pipelines and pumping stations that provide water system resilience and reliability to the San […]
Sally Jewell Sees Progress in Colorado River Talks
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by By Ian JamesInterior Secretary Sally Jewell said the United States and Mexico are making important progress in talks on a new accord to share water from the Colorado River, which is badly over-tapped and approaching critical shortage levels. American and Mexican officials have been negotiating an agreement to replace their current five-year accord, which expires in 2017. Jewell […]
Sanford in Runoff for LAFCO Special Districts Alternate
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Village News (Fallbrook) Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityRainbow Municipal Water District board member Dennis Sanford is in the runoff election for the alternate special district member seat on San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO). Four special district board members sought the four-year term as the special districts alternate, but none received the necessary majority and a runoff between the two […]