Crews briefly turned off the water supply for a line serving all of 4S Ranch to help rescue a worker who somehow got his arm and hand stuck inside the valve of a 48-inch water line. The Metropolitan Water District worker had his arm stuck in the water release pipe for nearly two hours while crews […]
Over the past several months, the San Diego County Water Authority joined with its member agencies and local civic and business groups to advocate for state policies that reflected local water supply investments and conditions. The proposed modifications were designed to achieve important statewide water management goals in a more equitable and sustainable manner, allow […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby By Meena Westford Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Just about every year, the San Diego County Water Authority uses ratepayer funds to bus local citizens to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s final budget meeting in downtown Los Angeles. They are customers who have ended up with some unfortunate misimpressions about Metropolitan’s financial practices and proposed budget, and they come to urge […]
Few people would be shocked to learn that the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District is once again preparing to raise water rates and property taxes for the next two years, given its history of similar increases. What alarms me most is that Metropolitan is doing so using methodology that a state Superior Court judge has […]
Crews Free Water District Worker With Hand, Arm Stuck in Line: SDFD
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC 7 (San Diego) by By Samantha TatroCrews briefly turned off the water supply for a line serving all of 4S Ranch to help rescue a worker who somehow got his arm and hand stuck inside the valve of a 48-inch water line. The Metropolitan Water District worker had his arm stuck in the water release pipe for nearly two hours while crews […]
OPINION: Desalination Plant Lessens Local Impacts of State Emergency Regulation
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Seaside Courier (Encinitas)by By Mark MuirOver the past several months, the San Diego County Water Authority joined with its member agencies and local civic and business groups to advocate for state policies that reflected local water supply investments and conditions. The proposed modifications were designed to achieve important statewide water management goals in a more equitable and sustainable manner, allow […]
OPINION: The Case for Higher Water Rates
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby By Meena Westford Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityJust about every year, the San Diego County Water Authority uses ratepayer funds to bus local citizens to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s final budget meeting in downtown Los Angeles. They are customers who have ended up with some unfortunate misimpressions about Metropolitan’s financial practices and proposed budget, and they come to urge […]
OPINION: Con: Agency Needs Transparency Before Raising Rates
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by By Mark WestonFew people would be shocked to learn that the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District is once again preparing to raise water rates and property taxes for the next two years, given its history of similar increases. What alarms me most is that Metropolitan is doing so using methodology that a state Superior Court judge has […]