San Diegans used 17 percent less water last month than in March 2013, beating the state-mandated goal of a 13 percent reduction, the San Diego County Water Authority announced Monday. March was the first month in which lowered conservation targets were in effect. The former goal was 20 percent, but the state eased its orders […]
It was a wave-riding year for the record books. Surfers gathered in Anaheim on Saturday to celebrate this El Niño season that produced massive waves around the world and allowed big-wave surfers to make history. The Big Wave Awards, in its 16th year, celebrates an elite crop of surfers who take on building-size waves – a feat […]
Los Angeles insists that it had the best of intentions as it erected the monument of granite and sculpted earth that is now rising from a dry bed of Owens Lake 200 miles to the north. Department of Water and Power officials saw it as a gesture of reconciliation for taking the region’s water more […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The Wall Street Journal Quoted: Robert Yamada and Maureen Stapleton
A quarter-century ago, San Diego and its suburbs imported 95% of their water supplies. Thanks to investments in desalination and other efforts to boost supplies, that figure has already dropped to 57% and is projected to fall to just 18% sometime in the next two decades. San Diego has gone from being one of the […]
San Diegans Beat Water Reduction Goal in March 2016
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /ABC10 (San Diego) Quoted: Mark Weston and Bob YamadaSan Diegans used 17 percent less water last month than in March 2013, beating the state-mandated goal of a 13 percent reduction, the San Diego County Water Authority announced Monday. March was the first month in which lowered conservation targets were in effect. The former goal was 20 percent, but the state eased its orders […]
A Group That Was Happy With El Nino This year? Surfers and the Big Wave Awards
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Orange County Registerby By Laylan ConnellyIt was a wave-riding year for the record books. Surfers gathered in Anaheim on Saturday to celebrate this El Niño season that produced massive waves around the world and allowed big-wave surfers to make history. The Big Wave Awards, in its 16th year, celebrates an elite crop of surfers who take on building-size waves – a feat […]
In Owens Valley, They’re Skeptical of Angelenos Bearing Gifts, Including New Artwork
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby By Louis SahagunLos Angeles insists that it had the best of intentions as it erected the monument of granite and sculpted earth that is now rising from a dry bed of Owens Lake 200 miles to the north. Department of Water and Power officials saw it as a gesture of reconciliation for taking the region’s water more […]
Cities Look for New Ways to Meet Demand for Water Supplies
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Wall Street Journal Quoted: Robert Yamada and Maureen StapletonA quarter-century ago, San Diego and its suburbs imported 95% of their water supplies. Thanks to investments in desalination and other efforts to boost supplies, that figure has already dropped to 57% and is projected to fall to just 18% sometime in the next two decades. San Diego has gone from being one of the […]