Los Angeles insists that it had the best of intentions as it erected the monument of granite and sculpted earth that is now rising from a dry bed of Owens Lake 200 miles to the north. Department of Water and Power officials saw it as a gesture of reconciliation for taking the region’s water more […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The Wall Street Journal Quoted: Robert Yamada and Maureen Stapleton
A quarter-century ago, San Diego and its suburbs imported 95% of their water supplies. Thanks to investments in desalination and other efforts to boost supplies, that figure has already dropped to 57% and is projected to fall to just 18% sometime in the next two decades. San Diego has gone from being one of the […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Breitbart (Los Angeles) by By Joel B. Pollak Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
“The Claude ‘Bud’ Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant has been honored with a Global Water Award as the Desalination Plant of the Year for 2016 by Global Water Intelligence, publisher of periodicals for the international water industry,” the San Diego County Water Authority said in a press release on Friday. “The largest seawater desalination plant in […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby By Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The $1 billion desalination plant in Carlsbad and San Diego’s innovative water recycling program both received international recognition earlier this week at a global water summit in Abu Dhabi. The Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant was honored as the desalination plant of the year, and the City of San Diego’s Pure Water program was recognized as the water […]
In Owens Valley, They’re Skeptical of Angelenos Bearing Gifts, Including New Artwork
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby By Louis SahagunLos Angeles insists that it had the best of intentions as it erected the monument of granite and sculpted earth that is now rising from a dry bed of Owens Lake 200 miles to the north. Department of Water and Power officials saw it as a gesture of reconciliation for taking the region’s water more […]
Cities Look for New Ways to Meet Demand for Water Supplies
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Wall Street Journal Quoted: Robert Yamada and Maureen StapletonA quarter-century ago, San Diego and its suburbs imported 95% of their water supplies. Thanks to investments in desalination and other efforts to boost supplies, that figure has already dropped to 57% and is projected to fall to just 18% sometime in the next two decades. San Diego has gone from being one of the […]
California’s New Desalination Plant Wins International Award
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Breitbart (Los Angeles) by By Joel B. Pollak Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority“The Claude ‘Bud’ Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant has been honored with a Global Water Award as the Desalination Plant of the Year for 2016 by Global Water Intelligence, publisher of periodicals for the international water industry,” the San Diego County Water Authority said in a press release on Friday. “The largest seawater desalination plant in […]
2 San Diego-Area Water Projects Win International Recognition
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby By Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe $1 billion desalination plant in Carlsbad and San Diego’s innovative water recycling program both received international recognition earlier this week at a global water summit in Abu Dhabi. The Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant was honored as the desalination plant of the year, and the City of San Diego’s Pure Water program was recognized as the water […]