Cadiz Inc. won a decisive courtroom victory Tuesday for its plans to transfer ancient groundwater in a remote part of San Bernardino County’s Mojave Desert to parts of Orange County and other locations. California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana upheld six lower court decisions dealing with various governmental approvals and environmental reviews […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Service (Pasadena)by By Matt Reynolds Mentioned: Yen Tu Quoted: Keith Lewinger
Despite growing opposition, the largest supplier of treated drinking water in the United States on Tuesday batted away a challenge to its planned $175 million purchase of four islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Earlier this year, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted to purchase the islands. The matter was placed as an […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby By Joshua Emerson Smith Quoted: Gary Arant and Sandy Kerl
On the same day that Gov. Jerry Brown sought to make water conservation a way of life for Californians by permanently banning some wasteful practices, regulators in Sacramento prepared to significantly ease the current drought restrictions for urban residents and businesses. Brown issued an executive order Monday that places an indefinite moratorium on hosing off […]
Nestle is objecting to the U.S. Forest Service’s terms for issuing it a new permit to continue piping water out of a national forest, saying the agency is overstepping its authority and infringing on the company’s water rights. Nestle Waters North America detailed its concerns publicly for the first time in a 79-page document submitted […]
Cadiz Water Project in Mojave Desert Wins Big in Appellate Court
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Sun (San Bernardino) by By Jim SteinbergCadiz Inc. won a decisive courtroom victory Tuesday for its plans to transfer ancient groundwater in a remote part of San Bernardino County’s Mojave Desert to parts of Orange County and other locations. California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana upheld six lower court decisions dealing with various governmental approvals and environmental reviews […]
SoCal Water Giant Defeats Challenge to Delta Islands Buy
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Service (Pasadena)by By Matt Reynolds Mentioned: Yen TuQuoted: Keith Lewinger
Despite growing opposition, the largest supplier of treated drinking water in the United States on Tuesday batted away a challenge to its planned $175 million purchase of four islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Earlier this year, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted to purchase the islands. The matter was placed as an […]
Brown Issues Permanent Water Limits
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby By Joshua Emerson Smith Quoted: Gary Arant and Sandy KerlOn the same day that Gov. Jerry Brown sought to make water conservation a way of life for Californians by permanently banning some wasteful practices, regulators in Sacramento prepared to significantly ease the current drought restrictions for urban residents and businesses. Brown issued an executive order Monday that places an indefinite moratorium on hosing off […]
Nestle Fights Feds Over Water Rights
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /USA Todayby By Ian JamesNestle is objecting to the U.S. Forest Service’s terms for issuing it a new permit to continue piping water out of a national forest, saying the agency is overstepping its authority and infringing on the company’s water rights. Nestle Waters North America detailed its concerns publicly for the first time in a 79-page document submitted […]