With broad local support for San Diego’s envisioned water recycling program, Mayor Kevin Faulconer touted the plan again last week — this time as one of his top-funded efforts to fight climate change. However, his strategy for pulling off the so-called Pure Water program isn’t a done deal. An agreement between local green groups and government […]
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 […]
San Diego has built out massive water infrastructure systems over the years that are now standing idle as water demand drops. “This winter, demand for water was so low that the San Diego County Water Authority temporarily idled a $160 million plant in San Marcos that it built less than a decade ago. Water agencies […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /AZoBuild (Cheshire, U.K.) Mentioned: Sam Diego County Water Authority
More than 80 percent of the water used in San Diego County is imported from Northern California and the Colorado River. The $1.5 billion E&CSP project, owned by the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA), is a system of reservoirs, interconnected pipelines and pumping stations that provide water system resilience and reliability to the San […]
Water Recycling Deal Stalls at National Level
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby By Joshua Emerson SmithWith broad local support for San Diego’s envisioned water recycling program, Mayor Kevin Faulconer touted the plan again last week — this time as one of his top-funded efforts to fight climate change. However, his strategy for pulling off the so-called Pure Water program isn’t a done deal. An agreement between local green groups and government […]
Nestle: Forest Service shouldn’t infringe on water rights
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by 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 […]
San Diego’s Multi-Million Dollar Treatment Plants Stand Idle
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water Onlineby By Sara Jerome Quoted: Mike LeeSan Diego has built out massive water infrastructure systems over the years that are now standing idle as water demand drops. “This winter, demand for water was so low that the San Diego County Water Authority temporarily idled a $160 million plant in San Marcos that it built less than a decade ago. Water agencies […]
Water Resilience Project Wins 2016 Excellence in the Constructed Project Award
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /AZoBuild (Cheshire, U.K.) Mentioned: Sam Diego County Water AuthorityMore than 80 percent of the water used in San Diego County is imported from Northern California and the Colorado River. The $1.5 billion E&CSP project, owned by the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA), is a system of reservoirs, interconnected pipelines and pumping stations that provide water system resilience and reliability to the San […]