/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County/by Mike Lee /KPBS-FM/TVby John Carroll / General Assignment Reporter & Anchor Contributors: Roland Lizarondo, Mike Damron / Video Journalist Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority
They’ve been part of the American Dream, Southern California style for decades. But verdant lawns are disappearing more and more thanks to shrinking water supplies. The Golden State is now in its third year of drought. A study published by the journal Nature Climate Change in February found this is the worst drought in what is now […]
Regional leaders have reached a broad agreement to resolve a dispute threatening a massive East County water recycling plant, but many details still need to be worked out. The conflict between the city of San Diego and the Advanced Water Purification Project emerged publicly earlier this year, just weeks before officials broke ground on the $950 million plant. […]
As the record-breaking drought continues to worsen in California, water districts across the state have issued a series of restrictions in an effort to curb water waste. Joining the throngs of regions already impacted by these water conservation efforts are Kagel Canyon, Acton, Val Verde, the Antelope Valley and Malibu, which are all provided retail […]
Sewage is now a commodity, a drinking water resource in the world of California drought, and the city of San Diego and a bloc of eastern San Diego County water agencies have been fighting over it. Both parties will be recycling wastewater into drinking water but they need to cut a deal with each other to […]
Tightening Water Restrictions Lead More San Diegans to Replace Their Lawns
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBS-FM/TVby John Carroll / General Assignment Reporter & Anchor Contributors: Roland Lizarondo, Mike Damron / Video Journalist Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityThey’ve been part of the American Dream, Southern California style for decades. But verdant lawns are disappearing more and more thanks to shrinking water supplies. The Golden State is now in its third year of drought. A study published by the journal Nature Climate Change in February found this is the worst drought in what is now […]
East County Water Officials Reach Tentative Agreement With San Diego in Pipeline dispute, Officials Say
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Blake NelsonRegional leaders have reached a broad agreement to resolve a dispute threatening a massive East County water recycling plant, but many details still need to be worked out. The conflict between the city of San Diego and the Advanced Water Purification Project emerged publicly earlier this year, just weeks before officials broke ground on the $950 million plant. […]
Additional Water Restrictions Placed Into Effect as California Drought Continues to Worsen
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /CBS Los AngelesAs the record-breaking drought continues to worsen in California, water districts across the state have issued a series of restrictions in an effort to curb water waste. Joining the throngs of regions already impacted by these water conservation efforts are Kagel Canyon, Acton, Val Verde, the Antelope Valley and Malibu, which are all provided retail […]
East vs West Wastewater Wars Move Closer to Resolution
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby MacKenzie ElmerSewage is now a commodity, a drinking water resource in the world of California drought, and the city of San Diego and a bloc of eastern San Diego County water agencies have been fighting over it. Both parties will be recycling wastewater into drinking water but they need to cut a deal with each other to […]