Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill requiring a countywide vote before a local water district can “detach,” though it’s too late to prevent local votes in Fallbrook and Rainbow. The two rural districts have sought to leave the San Diego County Water Authority for a cheaper, if potentially less reliable water supply from Riverside County. Assembly Bill 399, […]
The next time a member of a regional water agency wants to secede, a majority of voters across the entire wider district will have to approve the change under a bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Late last week the governor signed Assembly Bill 399, legislation authored by Encinitas Democrat Tasha Boerner and […]
San Diego has secure water supplies that are the envy of many agencies throughout the western United States. The key to this was an agreement reached 20 years ago this week with the Imperial Irrigation District to send Colorado River water from that desert farming region to San Diego County. The nation’s largest agriculture-to-urban water […]
The San Diego County Water Authority announced that Sunday marks 20 years since water officials across the Southwestern U.S. signed the largest water conservation-transfer agreement in the nation’s history, enabling two decades of sourcing clean water from the Colorado River. Known as the Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement, or QSA, the agreements settled decades of dispute over Colorado […]
Newsom Signs Bill Requiring Countywide Vote in Future Water District Detachment
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diego by Chris Jennewein Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityGov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill requiring a countywide vote before a local water district can “detach,” though it’s too late to prevent local votes in Fallbrook and Rainbow. The two rural districts have sought to leave the San Diego County Water Authority for a cheaper, if potentially less reliable water supply from Riverside County. Assembly Bill 399, […]
Newsom Signs Law Making it Tougher for Water Districts to Secede — But it Won’t Affect Rainbow and Fallbrook Plans
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Jeff McDonald Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe next time a member of a regional water agency wants to secede, a majority of voters across the entire wider district will have to approve the change under a bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Late last week the governor signed Assembly Bill 399, legislation authored by Encinitas Democrat Tasha Boerner and […]
Opinion: San Diego-Imperial Water Deal: 20 Years of Success With Questions Ahead
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Michael Smolens Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthoritySan Diego has secure water supplies that are the envy of many agencies throughout the western United States. The key to this was an agreement reached 20 years ago this week with the Imperial Irrigation District to send Colorado River water from that desert farming region to San Diego County. The nation’s largest agriculture-to-urban water […]
San Diego Water Authority Celebrates 20 Years of Secure, Clean Water Through Landmark Pact
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Elizabeth Ireland / City News Service Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority announced that Sunday marks 20 years since water officials across the Southwestern U.S. signed the largest water conservation-transfer agreement in the nation’s history, enabling two decades of sourcing clean water from the Colorado River. Known as the Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement, or QSA, the agreements settled decades of dispute over Colorado […]