/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Voice of Orange County by By Debbie Cook Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Does California have too much water? Seriously. Because our actions are sending peculiar messages. Even the State Water Board has backed off on conservation targets for some water agencies. It’s true, rains have replenished much of Northern California’s reservoirs and Governor Brown’s mandated 25% water restrictions made a serious dent in our water binge. A […]
Political agencies and nonprofits in the Central Valley say the Metropolitan District of Southern California’s $175 million purchase of four islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta may cause significant environmental changes and sued to block the sale. San Joaquin and Contra Costa counties, Central Delta Water Agency, Contra Costa County Water Agency and Food […]
“Storms won’t make a dent in the drought.” I hate that headline. It is so untrue — not that we haven’t used it ourselves a few times over the five years of California drought. But the fact is that the Friday and Saturday rains made a big dent in the drought, and not just for those […]
OPINION: Too Much Water to Waste?
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of Orange County by By Debbie Cook Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityDoes California have too much water? Seriously. Because our actions are sending peculiar messages. Even the State Water Board has backed off on conservation targets for some water agencies. It’s true, rains have replenished much of Northern California’s reservoirs and Governor Brown’s mandated 25% water restrictions made a serious dent in our water binge. A […]
Corporate Water Users Who Saved the Most — Or Least
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by By Morgan CookThe City of San Diego supplied its top 10 corporate water customers with 1.6 billion gallons in the budget year that ended on June 30, 2015.
Counties Fight SoCal Water Giant’s Delta Grab
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Service (Pasadena) by By Julie Baker-DennisPolitical agencies and nonprofits in the Central Valley say the Metropolitan District of Southern California’s $175 million purchase of four islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta may cause significant environmental changes and sued to block the sale. San Joaquin and Contra Costa counties, Central Delta Water Agency, Contra Costa County Water Agency and Food […]
OPINION: Actually, Fellow Headline Writers, Storms Did Dent the Drought
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Daily News by By Larry Wilson“Storms won’t make a dent in the drought.” I hate that headline. It is so untrue — not that we haven’t used it ourselves a few times over the five years of California drought. But the fact is that the Friday and Saturday rains made a big dent in the drought, and not just for those […]