/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The Orange County Registerby By Aaron Orlowski Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination Plant
Citing potentially higher costs that would be passed on to customers, Orange County’s largest provider of water to homes and businesses is intensifying its opposition to a key supplier’s plan to buy desalinated water from a proposed $1 billion Huntington Beach plant.
It would be a ground-breaking project for Baja California, the largest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere, situated on the Pacific Ocean in a corner of Rosarito Beach — and could one day serve as a supply for water consumers in San Diego County as well. But as a critical deadline approaches, two partners in […]
The storm had gathered power for days as it crossed the Northern Pacific, and now its outer band was uppercutting the coast. By the time Eric Batman arrived at work at 7 Monday morning, a hard west wind was driving rain and hail sideways against windows. Thunder reverberated across the L.A. Basin. Batman reveled in […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /KPBS by By Erik Anderson Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority Water Resources Director Bob Yamada
State officials certified the San Diego region’s billion-dollar desalination plant as a drought resilient water supply. That plant in Carlsbad turns sea water into 50 million gallons of drinking water each day. State recognition means the region’s mandatory water cutbacks are being eased from 20 percent, to about 13 percent. “Now the regulation acknowledges that […]
Water Wars: Orange County Water District Wants Desalinated Water; Irvine Ranch Doesn’t. Who Will Win?
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Orange County Registerby By Aaron Orlowski Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination PlantCiting potentially higher costs that would be passed on to customers, Orange County’s largest provider of water to homes and businesses is intensifying its opposition to a key supplier’s plan to buy desalinated water from a proposed $1 billion Huntington Beach plant.
Lawsuits Cloud Bid to Build Rosarito Desalination Plant
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by By Sandra DibbleIt would be a ground-breaking project for Baja California, the largest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere, situated on the Pacific Ocean in a corner of Rosarito Beach — and could one day serve as a supply for water consumers in San Diego County as well. But as a critical deadline approaches, two partners in […]
A Behind-the-Scenes Battle to Divert L.A.’S Storm Water from Going to Waste
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Los Angeles Timesby By Joe MozingoThe storm had gathered power for days as it crossed the Northern Pacific, and now its outer band was uppercutting the coast. By the time Eric Batman arrived at work at 7 Monday morning, a hard west wind was driving rain and hail sideways against windows. Thunder reverberated across the L.A. Basin. Batman reveled in […]
San Diego Region Gets a Break on Water Conservation Goals
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBS by By Erik Anderson Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority Water Resources Director Bob YamadaState officials certified the San Diego region’s billion-dollar desalination plant as a drought resilient water supply. That plant in Carlsbad turns sea water into 50 million gallons of drinking water each day. State recognition means the region’s mandatory water cutbacks are being eased from 20 percent, to about 13 percent. “Now the regulation acknowledges that […]