/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The Christian Science Monitorby Pete Spotts Quoted: Bob Yamada
For California, which has endured four years of extraordinary drought, the state’s wet season is off to an encouraging start. High in California’s Sierra Nevada, the state’s mountainous spine, El Niño-driven storms have piled snow and the meltwater it represents to above-normal levels. At lower elevations, heavy rains are nudging the water in many depleted […]
An effort to renovate a small corner of the Salton Sea is moving forward near Calipatria at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge. The sea is in trouble, slowly evaporating as it’s water sources are being diverted. If allowed to dry up completely the shrinking sea could damage the Coachella Valley’s desert environment, […]
Foothills water customers are being asked to tighten taps further and refrain from watering lawns for up to 10 days starting Feb. 29, while Metropolitan Water District of Southern California temporarily closes a La Verne treatment plant for infrastructure upgrades. MWD is in the process of switching its Weymouth Filtration plant from a chloramine-based treatment […]
It may be goodbye for El Niño and hello to La Niña. The once-predicted “Godzilla” storm of El Niño has thus far turned out to be a little lizard in terms of Southern California rainfall, but weather experts on Thursday offered some encouragement to those pining for more wet stuff.
As California Enters a ‘New Era’ on Water, Cities Seek Their Own Solutions
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Christian Science Monitorby Pete Spotts Quoted: Bob YamadaFor California, which has endured four years of extraordinary drought, the state’s wet season is off to an encouraging start. High in California’s Sierra Nevada, the state’s mountainous spine, El Niño-driven storms have piled snow and the meltwater it represents to above-normal levels. At lower elevations, heavy rains are nudging the water in many depleted […]
Effort to Restore the Salton Sea Moving Forward
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KESQ (Thousand Palms)by Jeff StahlAn effort to renovate a small corner of the Salton Sea is moving forward near Calipatria at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge. The sea is in trouble, slowly evaporating as it’s water sources are being diverted. If allowed to dry up completely the shrinking sea could damage the Coachella Valley’s desert environment, […]
More Water Saving Urged as MWD Temporarily Closes Plant
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Los Angeles Timesby Sara CardineFoothills water customers are being asked to tighten taps further and refrain from watering lawns for up to 10 days starting Feb. 29, while Metropolitan Water District of Southern California temporarily closes a La Verne treatment plant for infrastructure upgrades. MWD is in the process of switching its Weymouth Filtration plant from a chloramine-based treatment […]
Forecasters at Aquarium of the Pacific: El Niño May Be Out, La Niña May Be in
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Press-Telegram (Long Beach)by Josh DulaneyIt may be goodbye for El Niño and hello to La Niña. The once-predicted “Godzilla” storm of El Niño has thus far turned out to be a little lizard in terms of Southern California rainfall, but weather experts on Thursday offered some encouragement to those pining for more wet stuff.