The City Council accepted nearly $4 million from the State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday night, June 5, to push Long Beach’s new stormwater treatment plant into full production. The plant, called LB-MUST (Municipal Urban Stormwater Treatment), has been in the design phase for a few years. It is designed to take low-flow stormwater […]
Correction: San Diego City Council did not vote to raise water rates Tuesday. It voted to send out a public notice and set a public hearing on a potential water rate increase. This story has been corrected. The San Diego City Council has unanimously voted to set a public hearing to discuss the potential of a […]
If you are still watering your lawn or taking long showers, you might want to start practicing how to cut back on your water usage because come next year, water bills could go up. “I don’t like it and I don’t feel good about it,” said Ron Aguila, a Kearny Mesa resident who was shopping […]
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Southern California Edison’s (SCE) first desalination plant on Catalina Island. The desalination process strips salt out of ocean water from two underground saltwater beach wells to make it drinkable. The desalination plant was considered a developing technology in 1992. It was the first ocean water to drinking water […]
Long Beach Stormwater Treatment Plant Moves Ahead With $4 Million Grant
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Press Telegramby Harry SaltzgaverThe City Council accepted nearly $4 million from the State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday night, June 5, to push Long Beach’s new stormwater treatment plant into full production. The plant, called LB-MUST (Municipal Urban Stormwater Treatment), has been in the design phase for a few years. It is designed to take low-flow stormwater […]
San Diego City Council Votes to Set Hearing for Potential Water Rate Increase
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC 7 San DiegoCorrection: San Diego City Council did not vote to raise water rates Tuesday. It voted to send out a public notice and set a public hearing on a potential water rate increase. This story has been corrected. The San Diego City Council has unanimously voted to set a public hearing to discuss the potential of a […]
San Diego Taking Steps for Possible Water Rate Hike
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /CBS 8by Regina Yurrita Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityIf you are still watering your lawn or taking long showers, you might want to start practicing how to cut back on your water usage because come next year, water bills could go up. “I don’t like it and I don’t feel good about it,” said Ron Aguila, a Kearny Mesa resident who was shopping […]
Catalina Island and SoCal Edison’s Desalination Plants Are Quenching Thirst
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Logby Katherine M ClementsThis year marks the 30th anniversary of Southern California Edison’s (SCE) first desalination plant on Catalina Island. The desalination process strips salt out of ocean water from two underground saltwater beach wells to make it drinkable. The desalination plant was considered a developing technology in 1992. It was the first ocean water to drinking water […]