Planners working on the preservation of the Salton Sea envision a smaller version surviving indefinitely, with some of the costs for its maintenance recovered by economic development which may include geothermal, the harvest of algae, or something else, officials said during a conference at the UC Riverside. “It’s not popular with residents in the area […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot (As published by The Los Angeles Times)by Bryce Alderton
For the first time in 68 years, the Laguna Beach County Water District will no longer be 100% reliant on imported water from the Colorado River and Northern California. An agreement with the Orange County Water District ensures that more than half of Laguna’s water supply will come from groundwater in the Santa Ana River […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The San Diego County Water Authority has such an oversupply of drinking water that it just dumped half a billion gallons into a lake. The Sierra snowpack is 130 percent of normal, its greatest total in five years. And rainstorms will continue to drench parts of California off and on for months. But now is […]
State water regulators voted Tuesday to extend emergency conservation measures because of a drought, even though an increase in rain and snow this winter has improved California’s snowpack. But with the drought still severe, conservations efforts fell off in December. Officials said residents used 18 percent less water than in December 2013, but that […]
State Has ‘Big Awakening’ On Salton Sea Concerns
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Los Angeles Daily Newsby Jim SteinbergPlanners working on the preservation of the Salton Sea envision a smaller version surviving indefinitely, with some of the costs for its maintenance recovered by economic development which may include geothermal, the harvest of algae, or something else, officials said during a conference at the UC Riverside. “It’s not popular with residents in the area […]
New Water Deal Cuts Imports for Laguna Beach County Water District
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot (As published by The Los Angeles Times)by Bryce AldertonFor the first time in 68 years, the Laguna Beach County Water District will no longer be 100% reliant on imported water from the Colorado River and Northern California. An agreement with the Orange County Water District ensures that more than half of Laguna’s water supply will come from groundwater in the Santa Ana River […]
OPINION: Now is Not the Time to Stop Conserving Water
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority has such an oversupply of drinking water that it just dumped half a billion gallons into a lake. The Sierra snowpack is 130 percent of normal, its greatest total in five years. And rainstorms will continue to drench parts of California off and on for months. But now is […]
California Water Officials Vote to Extend Emergency Water Conservation Measures
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /CBS (Los Angeles)by http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/02/02/water-officials-vote-to-extend-california-drought-emergency/State water regulators voted Tuesday to extend emergency conservation measures because of a drought, even though an increase in rain and snow this winter has improved California’s snowpack. But with the drought still severe, conservations efforts fell off in December. Officials said residents used 18 percent less water than in December 2013, but that […]