After California’s record dry start to the year, efforts to conserve water have created a patchwork of rules for residents that sometimes vary by city or even by neighborhood. Emergency regulations took effect statewide, prohibiting water waste and requiring water providers to address a 20% water shortage. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California imposed stricter rules for several communities in […]
A major Tijuana pipeline collapse is causing a lot of sewage-tainted water to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The cross-border flow began Sunday night, and is expected to continue flowing across the border at a rate of more than 30 million gallons a day. An estimated 49.9 million gallons have already entered the United States.
Residents and businesses in some Southern California cities could be forced to let their lawns go brown in September, as emergency pipeline repairs cut off water supplies from the vital Colorado River for two weeks. With a record-setting drought limiting other options, Burbank sent notice Tuesday that no sprinklers or other automated irrigation will be […]
Olivenhain Municipal Water District is beginning construction this week on a new recycled water pipeline in Encinitas along Manchester Avenue and South El Camino Real from Via Poco to Tennis Club Drive. Once complete, customers connecting to this new pipeline will irrigate with recycled water, which will reduce demand for imported potable water by more […]
Ventura County’s City-by-City Guide to Water-Use Restrictions Amid California Drought
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /VC Starby Cheri Carlson, Brian J. Varela, Wes Woods II, and Mike HarrisAfter California’s record dry start to the year, efforts to conserve water have created a patchwork of rules for residents that sometimes vary by city or even by neighborhood. Emergency regulations took effect statewide, prohibiting water waste and requiring water providers to address a 20% water shortage. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California imposed stricter rules for several communities in […]
Pipeline Collapse Sends Sewage Across US-Mexico Border
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBSby Erik AndersonA major Tijuana pipeline collapse is causing a lot of sewage-tainted water to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The cross-border flow began Sunday night, and is expected to continue flowing across the border at a rate of more than 30 million gallons a day. An estimated 49.9 million gallons have already entered the United States.
Some Southern California Cities to Ban Outdoor Watering for Two Weeks
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Orange County Registerby Brooke StaggsResidents and businesses in some Southern California cities could be forced to let their lawns go brown in September, as emergency pipeline repairs cut off water supplies from the vital Colorado River for two weeks. With a record-setting drought limiting other options, Burbank sent notice Tuesday that no sprinklers or other automated irrigation will be […]
Manchester Pipeline Projects Continue with Installation of Recycled Water Pipeline
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News NetworkOlivenhain Municipal Water District is beginning construction this week on a new recycled water pipeline in Encinitas along Manchester Avenue and South El Camino Real from Via Poco to Tennis Club Drive. Once complete, customers connecting to this new pipeline will irrigate with recycled water, which will reduce demand for imported potable water by more […]