San Diego County / Southern California
The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
More Rain Expected Across County until Friday5
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby By Robert Krier & Joshua Emerson SmithThe most intense phases of this week’s series of storms have passed through San Diego County, but the region is still expected to receive more rain. The forecast from the National Weather Service calls for precipitation to continue through midnight Friday. There should be scattered showers, plus another round or two of widespread, continuous […]
November marked the second month in a row that Californians failed to meet the governor’s emergency water conservation order amid a historic drought. Regulators announced Tuesday that residents used an average of 20.3 percent less water in November when compared with the same month in 2013, the baseline year for Gov. Jerry Brown’s mandate. […]
‘A Brash El Niño’: Storm Season Begins With Record Rainfall and Mudslide Fears
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Los Angeles Timesby Rosanna Xia, Rong-Gong Lin IIThe first major El Niño storm of the season arrived at this small Ventura County beach town Tuesday morning, and it didn’t take long for that potent combination of fire and rain to cause problems. An intense downpour hammered a stretch of Highway 101 where a brush fire had swept through on Christmas weekend. […]
IID Presses California to Pay for Salton Sea Fixes
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by By Sammy RothThere’s been a lot of progress at the Salton Sea in the last year, but local officials and activists aren’t taking anything for granted. In what’s becoming a regular ritual, representatives from the Imperial Irrigation District and other groups trekked to Sacramento on Tuesday to make the case for action on the Salton Sea. […]