Scientists in the US have identified the factors that make a tree more likely to perish in a drought, after conducting an exhaustive examination of 33 separate scientific studies of tree mortality involving 475 species and 760,000 individual trees. The answer they come up with is that the deciding factor is how efficiently trees draw […]
San Diego County will continue to have a safe and reliable water supply for decades because of the development of drought-resilient water resources and emphasis on water-use efficiency, according to the San Diego County Water Authority’s draft Urban Water Management Plan. The draft plan was released for public review, starting a public comment period that […]
Nearly 40 years after California began offering inducements to people to heat their shower water using the sun, Brad Heavner of the California Solar Energy Industries Association still has to remind them the technology even exists. When most people think about solar energy, they think about solar photovoltaic panels that make electricity. “But there’s also […]
California has long known that its groundwater problem would reach crisis level. Now the crisis has indeed arrived, and as officials in Sacramento roll out rules in an effort to gradually balance water demand and supply, it’s easy to see why they waited for so long to take action.
California: 12 Million Trees have Perished in the Last Year—Died from Drought ‘Heart Attacks’
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /CityWatch (Los Angeles) by By Tim RadfordScientists in the US have identified the factors that make a tree more likely to perish in a drought, after conducting an exhaustive examination of 33 separate scientific studies of tree mortality involving 475 species and 760,000 individual trees. The answer they come up with is that the deciding factor is how efficiently trees draw […]
Water Authority Plan Sees Reliable Water Supply for Decades to Come
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Metropolitan Quoted: Bob YamadaSan Diego County will continue to have a safe and reliable water supply for decades because of the development of drought-resilient water resources and emphasis on water-use efficiency, according to the San Diego County Water Authority’s draft Urban Water Management Plan. The draft plan was released for public review, starting a public comment period that […]
Sun Shines in San Diego, but Few Install Solar Hot Water
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /inewsource (San Diego) by By Ingrid LobetNearly 40 years after California began offering inducements to people to heat their shower water using the sun, Brad Heavner of the California Solar Energy Industries Association still has to remind them the technology even exists. When most people think about solar energy, they think about solar photovoltaic panels that make electricity. “But there’s also […]
Trouble at the Well
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-TribuneCalifornia has long known that its groundwater problem would reach crisis level. Now the crisis has indeed arrived, and as officials in Sacramento roll out rules in an effort to gradually balance water demand and supply, it’s easy to see why they waited for so long to take action.