/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /East County Magazine (La Mesa) Quoted: Chair of the San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors Mark Weston
As part of the regional effort to reduce water waste, the San Diego County Water Authority and its member agencies are again partnering with the local chapter of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association during national Fix a Leak Week, March 14-20, to make fixing water leaks less costly for residents and businesses. Throughout Fix a Leak […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby By Hoa Quach Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The Surfrider Foundation‘s San Diego County Chapter is offering courses on how to design a sustainable landscape, with upcoming sessions planned for March 16 in Carlsbad and March 19 in Oceanside. Urban run-off is the primary source of ocean pollution, and landscapes “can help soak up rainwater, reduce polluted rainwater run-off and prevent water run-off […]
The Metropolitan Water District Tuesday unveiled a two- year plan in which Imperial County farmers will be paid not to grow crops on a portion of their land so that water can be shipped to the Southland. Beginning in April, farmers in the southeastern corner of California will voluntarily skip their spring and summer plantings […]
While California’s 2016 El Niño season has been drier than expected, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works is working to extra moisture from recent storms through a process called “cloud seeding.” What in the world is cloud seeding? It’s a process where chemicals are sent into the clouds either by plane, generators on […]
Fix-A-Leak Week Delivers Discount Leak-Stopping Services
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /East County Magazine (La Mesa) Quoted: Chair of the San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors Mark WestonAs part of the regional effort to reduce water waste, the San Diego County Water Authority and its member agencies are again partnering with the local chapter of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association during national Fix a Leak Week, March 14-20, to make fixing water leaks less costly for residents and businesses. Throughout Fix a Leak […]
Surfrider Foundation to Offer Landscape Classes
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby By Hoa Quach Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe Surfrider Foundation‘s San Diego County Chapter is offering courses on how to design a sustainable landscape, with upcoming sessions planned for March 16 in Carlsbad and March 19 in Oceanside. Urban run-off is the primary source of ocean pollution, and landscapes “can help soak up rainwater, reduce polluted rainwater run-off and prevent water run-off […]
New Metropolitan Water District Plan Calls for Farmers to be Paid not to Grow Crops
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /My News LAby By Hillary JacksonThe Metropolitan Water District Tuesday unveiled a two- year plan in which Imperial County farmers will be paid not to grow crops on a portion of their land so that water can be shipped to the Southland. Beginning in April, farmers in the southeastern corner of California will voluntarily skip their spring and summer plantings […]
Cloud Seeding Brings 10-15 Percent More Rain to Los Angeles
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /89.3 KPCC (Pasadena)While California’s 2016 El Niño season has been drier than expected, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works is working to extra moisture from recent storms through a process called “cloud seeding.” What in the world is cloud seeding? It’s a process where chemicals are sent into the clouds either by plane, generators on […]