What kind of yard does a wildlife biologist create for herself and her family? For Shea O’Keefe, the 2025 WaterSmart Landscape Contest winner for San Dieguito Water District, it’s a yard that has a thoughtful connection to nature. O’Keefe, a wildlife biologist who does restoration on working lands (think farmland, rangeland and forest land whose owners […]
Budget analysts for San Diego say city officials should demand big changes at the cash-strapped County Water Authority, including a thorough re-thinking of its entire operations and urgent action on out-of-state water sales. The recommendations come with the city facing cumulative water rate hikes of 90% over six years, and the water authority predicting it will need […]
Some four miles off the coast, a company is betting it can solve one of desalination’s biggest problems by moving the technology deep below the ocean’s surface. OceanWell’s planned Water Farm 1 would use natural ocean pressure to power reverse osmosis — a process that forces seawater through membranes to filter out salt and impurities […]
In lockstep with Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve celebrations, rain returned to San Diego County with vengeance, leading to record-breaking daily totals and palm fronds littering the road. Five cities in the county recorded their wettest New Year’s Day on record, including San Diego and Chula Vista, which unsurprisingly led to flooding in Fashion Valley along […]
Watersmart Makeover: A Welcome to Wildlife
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Caron GoldenWhat kind of yard does a wildlife biologist create for herself and her family? For Shea O’Keefe, the 2025 WaterSmart Landscape Contest winner for San Dieguito Water District, it’s a yard that has a thoughtful connection to nature. O’Keefe, a wildlife biologist who does restoration on working lands (think farmland, rangeland and forest land whose owners […]
Budget Analysts Tell San Diego How to Help Shrink County Water Rate Hikes
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /San Diego Union-Tribuneby David Garrick Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityBudget analysts for San Diego say city officials should demand big changes at the cash-strapped County Water Authority, including a thorough re-thinking of its entire operations and urgent action on out-of-state water sales. The recommendations come with the city facing cumulative water rate hikes of 90% over six years, and the water authority predicting it will need […]
San Diego-Based Water Farm 1 Aims to Move Freshwater Production Under the Sea
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Times of San DiegoSome four miles off the coast, a company is betting it can solve one of desalination’s biggest problems by moving the technology deep below the ocean’s surface. OceanWell’s planned Water Farm 1 would use natural ocean pressure to power reverse osmosis — a process that forces seawater through membranes to filter out salt and impurities […]
How Much Did the Holiday Rain Help in San Diego?
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /CBS 8by Evan NooraniIn lockstep with Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve celebrations, rain returned to San Diego County with vengeance, leading to record-breaking daily totals and palm fronds littering the road. Five cities in the county recorded their wettest New Year’s Day on record, including San Diego and Chula Vista, which unsurprisingly led to flooding in Fashion Valley along […]