Gov. Jerry Brown Friday announced the appointment of a Chula Vista man to the California Fish and Game Commission. Peter Silva, 63, has been president and chief executive officer at Silva-Silva International since 2011. He served as assistant administrator for water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2009 to 2011, senior policy advisor at […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by By Karla Peterson Quoted: Joni German
When newcomers to the San Diego County Water Authority’s WaterSmart landscaping program tackle the prospect of giving their yards a water-saving makeover, their first questions aren’t about what they should tear out and what they should plant instead. It turns out their first questions are much more basic. Primal, even. “Who can do this for […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /civil + structural ENGINEER (Fayetteville, Ark.) Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The Emergency & Carryover Storage Project (E&CSP) in San Diego is one of the most important infrastructure projects constructed in the United States in the last century. In the naturally dry and arid regions of southern California, 80 percent of the water is imported from hundreds of miles away from more abundant resources in Northern […]
Los Angeles has officially stopped trying to make it rain—for now. During three separate storms in the past two months, contract workers for the L.A. County Department of Public Works ignited 25 special flares in the hills above Pasadena, sending columns of glittering smoke into the clouds to give them a literal silver lining that […]
Chula Vista Man Appointed to California Fish and Game Commission
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /ABC10 (San Diego)Gov. Jerry Brown Friday announced the appointment of a Chula Vista man to the California Fish and Game Commission. Peter Silva, 63, has been president and chief executive officer at Silva-Silva International since 2011. He served as assistant administrator for water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2009 to 2011, senior policy advisor at […]
Free Landscaping Videos Bring Water Savings
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by By Karla Peterson Quoted: Joni GermanWhen newcomers to the San Diego County Water Authority’s WaterSmart landscaping program tackle the prospect of giving their yards a water-saving makeover, their first questions aren’t about what they should tear out and what they should plant instead. It turns out their first questions are much more basic. Primal, even. “Who can do this for […]
California Water Storage Projects Receive Awards
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /civil + structural ENGINEER (Fayetteville, Ark.) Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe Emergency & Carryover Storage Project (E&CSP) in San Diego is one of the most important infrastructure projects constructed in the United States in the last century. In the naturally dry and arid regions of southern California, 80 percent of the water is imported from hundreds of miles away from more abundant resources in Northern […]
Drought-Ridden L.A. Tries Rainmakers to Tap Storm Clouds
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Scientific American (Washington, D.C.)by David BielloLos Angeles has officially stopped trying to make it rain—for now. During three separate storms in the past two months, contract workers for the L.A. County Department of Public Works ignited 25 special flares in the hills above Pasadena, sending columns of glittering smoke into the clouds to give them a literal silver lining that […]