The high-tech surveillance device is called “Scanny.” Previously, SDCWA hired a specialty rope crew at a minimum of $3,000 a day to help perform the steep, slippery work throughout the hills and canyons of its service area. Shutoffs for this type of maintenance can’t surpass 10 days, so the pipe remained slick throughout the job. […]
Carlsbad has decided to proceed with a feasibility study of whether it should build a solar power farm on 30 to 40 acres in a rarely visited corner of the city. The site is at the city’s Maerkle Reservoir, near the border of Oceanside and Vista, where Carlsbad owns about 100 acres including the 17-acre […]
The San Diego County Water Authority has purchased a new building on 9 acres in Escondido for $38.76 million, according to a brokerage. San Diego-based RPG sold the 88,552-square-foot facility. The property, now completed, is part of a larger planned two-building industrial development, known as the Escondido Logistics Center, on Citracado Parkway at So. Andreasen Drive.
As San Diego’s wet season arrives and rain totals climb, scientific terms like “bomb cyclone” and “atmospheric river” are used to give context as to what is causing rain in the region. But, what do these terms really mean? And, will the same impact seen in other parts of the state carry over to San Diego? The […]
“Scanny” Gives SDCWA a New Perspective on Pipe Inspection
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kylie Capuano /American Water Works AssociationThe high-tech surveillance device is called “Scanny.” Previously, SDCWA hired a specialty rope crew at a minimum of $3,000 a day to help perform the steep, slippery work throughout the hills and canyons of its service area. Shutoffs for this type of maintenance can’t surpass 10 days, so the pipe remained slick throughout the job. […]
Carlsbad to Study Whether to Build Solar Power Farm
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kylie Capuano /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Phil DiehlCarlsbad has decided to proceed with a feasibility study of whether it should build a solar power farm on 30 to 40 acres in a rarely visited corner of the city. The site is at the city’s Maerkle Reservoir, near the border of Oceanside and Vista, where Carlsbad owns about 100 acres including the 17-acre […]
Water Authority Buys 9-Acre Site for $39 Million to Replace Aging Operations Facility
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kylie Capuano /Times of San Diegoby Jennifer VigilThe San Diego County Water Authority has purchased a new building on 9 acres in Escondido for $38.76 million, according to a brokerage. San Diego-based RPG sold the 88,552-square-foot facility. The property, now completed, is part of a larger planned two-building industrial development, known as the Escondido Logistics Center, on Citracado Parkway at So. Andreasen Drive.
How will the Northwest’s “Bomb Cyclone” Impact San Diego?
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kylie Capuano /CBS 8by Evan NooraniAs San Diego’s wet season arrives and rain totals climb, scientific terms like “bomb cyclone” and “atmospheric river” are used to give context as to what is causing rain in the region. But, what do these terms really mean? And, will the same impact seen in other parts of the state carry over to San Diego? The […]