In the 1980s, Bill Toone helped save condors from near extinction as the curator of birds for San Diego Zoo. Now, the Escondido resident is working on ways to save endangered animals and the imperiled people who live alongside them. Toone, 60, is executive director of ECOLIFE, a conservation organization that promotes sustainable technology that […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The Atlantic (Washington, D.C.)by By Alana Semuels Quoted: Carlsbad Desalination Plant
This growing region needs more water, and it’s spending hundreds of millions to get it. A $72 million plant opened here in 2014 to turn wastewater into drinking water, and the Santa Clara Valley Water District is planning to build five more plants to purify water in the region Water is scarce and expensive in […]
With a lot of recent publicity about El Nino, it can be easy to forget about the drought and saving water.“I don’t think it’s a question of relaxed so much as it is fatigued,” Poway Mayor Steve Vaus said. “You can send the message over and over and over again, but sooner or later people […]
California’s recent trend toward warmer, drier weather has raised concerns that El Nino may be a bust and that the 5-year-old drought may hang around much longer. The Sierra Nevada snowpack has fallen below normal levels, and state data show Californians have been slipping in their monthly water-savings efforts. “As a percent of normal, it […]
Protecting Wildlife and Human Life
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby By Deborah Sullivan BrennanIn the 1980s, Bill Toone helped save condors from near extinction as the curator of birds for San Diego Zoo. Now, the Escondido resident is working on ways to save endangered animals and the imperiled people who live alongside them. Toone, 60, is executive director of ECOLIFE, a conservation organization that promotes sustainable technology that […]
A Tale of Two Water Systems
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Atlantic (Washington, D.C.)by By Alana Semuels Quoted: Carlsbad Desalination PlantThis growing region needs more water, and it’s spending hundreds of millions to get it. A $72 million plant opened here in 2014 to turn wastewater into drinking water, and the Santa Clara Valley Water District is planning to build five more plants to purify water in the region Water is scarce and expensive in […]
El Niño Eclipses Continued Need to Conserve Water
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC San Diegoby By Matt Rascon and Laura McVickerWith a lot of recent publicity about El Nino, it can be easy to forget about the drought and saving water.“I don’t think it’s a question of relaxed so much as it is fatigued,” Poway Mayor Steve Vaus said. “You can send the message over and over and over again, but sooner or later people […]
Drier February Raises Concerns El Nino is Fading
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /CNBCby By Jeff DanielsCalifornia’s recent trend toward warmer, drier weather has raised concerns that El Nino may be a bust and that the 5-year-old drought may hang around much longer. The Sierra Nevada snowpack has fallen below normal levels, and state data show Californians have been slipping in their monthly water-savings efforts. “As a percent of normal, it […]