/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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]