/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Source Magazineby San Diego County Water Authority General Manager Maureen A. Stapleton Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority General Manager Maureen A. Stapleton
The water industry in the west has an impressive history of building dams, moving water hundreds of miles to where it’s needed, removing contaminants to assure public health and safety, and developing distribution systems that have set the international standard. These accomplishments aside, twentieth century solutions are becoming less and less viable as disruptors to […]
With California on the verge of “bankrupting” some of its most important aquifers, state officials Tuesday reiterated the responsibility local water agencies have in enforcing the state’s new groundwater-monitoring laws. During a legislative oversight hearing, state officials updated implementation plans for the newly enacted Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, telling lawmakers it will largely be up […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Kristina Davis Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
There is a lawsuit in San Diego County that is as old as “I Love Lucy.” It was filed the same year a disc jockey coined the term “rock ‘n’ roll,” a gallon of gasoline cost 27 cents, and turn signals were still optional in cars. And it is still being waged in San Diego […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Ramona Sentinelby Karen Brainard Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Road safety, government regulations and corruption, high-speed rail, medical marijuana and state-mandated water restrictions were just some of the topics brought up at Sen. Joel Anderson’s community coffee Thursday evening. The state senator said the money that is being spent on the state’s high-speed rail, which is supposed to run from the Silicon Valley to […]
OPINION: Be Willing to Fail
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Source Magazineby San Diego County Water Authority General Manager Maureen A. Stapleton Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority General Manager Maureen A. StapletonThe water industry in the west has an impressive history of building dams, moving water hundreds of miles to where it’s needed, removing contaminants to assure public health and safety, and developing distribution systems that have set the international standard. These accomplishments aside, twentieth century solutions are becoming less and less viable as disruptors to […]
Calif. Says Locals Must Police Groundwater
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Service (Pasadena) by Nick CahillWith California on the verge of “bankrupting” some of its most important aquifers, state officials Tuesday reiterated the responsibility local water agencies have in enforcing the state’s new groundwater-monitoring laws. During a legislative oversight hearing, state officials updated implementation plans for the newly enacted Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, telling lawmakers it will largely be up […]
There’s a Lawsuit in San Diego That Began in 1951
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Kristina Davis Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThere is a lawsuit in San Diego County that is as old as “I Love Lucy.” It was filed the same year a disc jockey coined the term “rock ‘n’ roll,” a gallon of gasoline cost 27 cents, and turn signals were still optional in cars. And it is still being waged in San Diego […]
Senator, Residents Critical of State Government
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Ramona Sentinelby Karen Brainard Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityRoad safety, government regulations and corruption, high-speed rail, medical marijuana and state-mandated water restrictions were just some of the topics brought up at Sen. Joel Anderson’s community coffee Thursday evening. The state senator said the money that is being spent on the state’s high-speed rail, which is supposed to run from the Silicon Valley to […]