A drier February is having an impact on the snow pack in the Sierra Nevada. The State Department of Water Resources said Tuesday the statewide snow pack water content is 7 percent below normal despite the fact that precipitation since October 1st is only about 5 percent above average.
/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 […]
California Snow Pack Dwindles After Generous January Storms
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Inland News Today (Riverside)A drier February is having an impact on the snow pack in the Sierra Nevada. The State Department of Water Resources said Tuesday the statewide snow pack water content is 7 percent below normal despite the fact that precipitation since October 1st is only about 5 percent above average.
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 […]