A series of storms pushed California’s biggest reservoir past its historical average for mid-March this weekend and put the second largest one on track for doing the same by Monday afternoon, officials said. Together the Lake Shasta and Lake Oroville reservoirs have the capacity to hold more than 8 million acre feet of water and […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The Orange County Registerby By Aaron Orlowski Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination Plant
Citing potentially higher costs that would be passed on to customers, Orange County’s largest provider of water to homes and businesses is intensifying its opposition to a key supplier’s plan to buy desalinated water from a proposed $1 billion Huntington Beach plant.
It would be a ground-breaking project for Baja California, the largest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere, situated on the Pacific Ocean in a corner of Rosarito Beach — and could one day serve as a supply for water consumers in San Diego County as well. But as a critical deadline approaches, two partners in […]
The storm had gathered power for days as it crossed the Northern Pacific, and now its outer band was uppercutting the coast. By the time Eric Batman arrived at work at 7 Monday morning, a hard west wind was driving rain and hail sideways against windows. Thunder reverberated across the L.A. Basin. Batman reveled in […]
Drenched by ‘March Miracle,’ Northern California Reservoirs Inch Toward Capacity
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Los Angeles Timesby By Joseph SernaA series of storms pushed California’s biggest reservoir past its historical average for mid-March this weekend and put the second largest one on track for doing the same by Monday afternoon, officials said. Together the Lake Shasta and Lake Oroville reservoirs have the capacity to hold more than 8 million acre feet of water and […]
Water Wars: Orange County Water District Wants Desalinated Water; Irvine Ranch Doesn’t. Who Will Win?
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Orange County Registerby By Aaron Orlowski Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination PlantCiting potentially higher costs that would be passed on to customers, Orange County’s largest provider of water to homes and businesses is intensifying its opposition to a key supplier’s plan to buy desalinated water from a proposed $1 billion Huntington Beach plant.
Lawsuits Cloud Bid to Build Rosarito Desalination Plant
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by By Sandra DibbleIt would be a ground-breaking project for Baja California, the largest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere, situated on the Pacific Ocean in a corner of Rosarito Beach — and could one day serve as a supply for water consumers in San Diego County as well. But as a critical deadline approaches, two partners in […]
A Behind-the-Scenes Battle to Divert L.A.’S Storm Water from Going to Waste
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Los Angeles Timesby By Joe MozingoThe storm had gathered power for days as it crossed the Northern Pacific, and now its outer band was uppercutting the coast. By the time Eric Batman arrived at work at 7 Monday morning, a hard west wind was driving rain and hail sideways against windows. Thunder reverberated across the L.A. Basin. Batman reveled in […]