The nine major watersheds in San Diego County had unusually low water quality in 2015 for the second year in a row, according to an annual report released Tuesday by an environmental organization. The continuing drought may be worsening inland water quality, while runoff pollution remains a serious problem, the San Diego Coastkeeper report says. “Our inland […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Associated Press (As Published by San Jose Mercury News)by By Elliot Spaga
A California appeals court on Tuesday upheld plans for a large transfer of Mojave Desert groundwater to homes and businesses in Southern California. The ruling by a three-judge panel in Santa Ana moves urban districts a step closer to getting up to 75,000 acre feet of desert groundwater a year from the Cadiz and Fenner […]
Cadiz Inc. won a decisive courtroom victory Tuesday for its plans to transfer ancient groundwater in a remote part of San Bernardino County’s Mojave Desert to parts of Orange County and other locations. California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana upheld six lower court decisions dealing with various governmental approvals and environmental reviews […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Service (Pasadena)by By Matt Reynolds Mentioned: Yen Tu Quoted: Keith Lewinger
Despite growing opposition, the largest supplier of treated drinking water in the United States on Tuesday batted away a challenge to its planned $175 million purchase of four islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Earlier this year, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted to purchase the islands. The matter was placed as an […]
Drought May Be Worsening Water Quality, Coastkeeper Says
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Encinitas PatchThe nine major watersheds in San Diego County had unusually low water quality in 2015 for the second year in a row, according to an annual report released Tuesday by an environmental organization. The continuing drought may be worsening inland water quality, while runoff pollution remains a serious problem, the San Diego Coastkeeper report says. “Our inland […]
California Court Upholds Large Urban Water Transfer
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Associated Press (As Published by San Jose Mercury News)by By Elliot SpagaA California appeals court on Tuesday upheld plans for a large transfer of Mojave Desert groundwater to homes and businesses in Southern California. The ruling by a three-judge panel in Santa Ana moves urban districts a step closer to getting up to 75,000 acre feet of desert groundwater a year from the Cadiz and Fenner […]
Cadiz Water Project in Mojave Desert Wins Big in Appellate Court
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Sun (San Bernardino) by By Jim SteinbergCadiz Inc. won a decisive courtroom victory Tuesday for its plans to transfer ancient groundwater in a remote part of San Bernardino County’s Mojave Desert to parts of Orange County and other locations. California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana upheld six lower court decisions dealing with various governmental approvals and environmental reviews […]
SoCal Water Giant Defeats Challenge to Delta Islands Buy
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Service (Pasadena)by By Matt Reynolds Mentioned: Yen TuQuoted: Keith Lewinger
Despite growing opposition, the largest supplier of treated drinking water in the United States on Tuesday batted away a challenge to its planned $175 million purchase of four islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Earlier this year, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted to purchase the islands. The matter was placed as an […]