A new study by NASA, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, and other partners has found that in California’s Sierra Nevada, atmospheric river storms are two-and-a-half times more likely than other types of winter storms to result in destructive “rain-on-snow” events, where rain falls on existing snowpack, causing it to melt. Those events […]
A New York City-based company working with two Mexican partners has launched construction of an ocean water desalination plant in the agricultural region of San Quintin some 160 miles from the San Diego border. Scheduled to open in the summer of 2017, the plant would provide 5.8 million gallons of water daily to more than […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby By Gary Robbins and Lyndsay Winkley
A sliver of the huge weather system that dumped upwards of 5 feet of snow in Northern California angled through San Diego County Monday, bringing soaking rains, damaging winds and flash-bang lightning. The system seemed to mock the calendar; with spring only two weeks away, snow wafted on to the mountains and foothills, falling all […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Seaside Courier (Encinitas)by By San Diego County Water Authority Vice Chair Mark Muir
As an extraordinarily hot and dry February gives way to what we hope will be a much wetter March, it’s worthwhile to take a few steps back and consider how well-prepared our region is to thrive even in drought. There are many factors, of course, but long-term planning and cooperation are big reasons why we […]
Study: Atmospheric River Storms Can Reduce Sierra Snow
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UC San Diego)A new study by NASA, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, and other partners has found that in California’s Sierra Nevada, atmospheric river storms are two-and-a-half times more likely than other types of winter storms to result in destructive “rain-on-snow” events, where rain falls on existing snowpack, causing it to melt. Those events […]
Second Desalination Plant for Baja California
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby By Sandra DibbleA New York City-based company working with two Mexican partners has launched construction of an ocean water desalination plant in the agricultural region of San Quintin some 160 miles from the San Diego border. Scheduled to open in the summer of 2017, the plant would provide 5.8 million gallons of water daily to more than […]
Late Winter Storms Put Dent in Drought
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby By Gary Robbins and Lyndsay WinkleyA sliver of the huge weather system that dumped upwards of 5 feet of snow in Northern California angled through San Diego County Monday, bringing soaking rains, damaging winds and flash-bang lightning. The system seemed to mock the calendar; with spring only two weeks away, snow wafted on to the mountains and foothills, falling all […]
OPINION: San Diego Region Rises to Water Challenges with Planning, Cooperation
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Seaside Courier (Encinitas)by By San Diego County Water Authority Vice Chair Mark MuirAs an extraordinarily hot and dry February gives way to what we hope will be a much wetter March, it’s worthwhile to take a few steps back and consider how well-prepared our region is to thrive even in drought. There are many factors, of course, but long-term planning and cooperation are big reasons why we […]