The Poseidon desalination plant in Carlsbad — by far the San Diego region’s most expensive supply of water — is about to get even more costly. Under pressure from state environmental regulators, the company is now scrambling to complete an estimated $159-million overhaul of its system for pulling ocean water from the Agua Hedionda Lagoon up to […]
The San Diego County Water Authority is taking strategic steps to minimize 2023 rate increases for its 24 member agencies and their customers while ensuring a safe, reliable, and affordable water supply as drought grips California for a third consecutive year. Water Authority staff proposed increasing 2023 rates and charges for member agencies by 5.2% […]
As a historic drought grips southern California, one district is getting tough on water usage violators by reducing their supply directly from the source so that sprinklers and outdoor hoses no longer work. The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District in Calabasas, north of Los Angeles, places metal disks with a small hole into the main […]
If you take a boat ride to Catalina Island, you’ll notice it’s surrounded by the ocean. “We’re about 4,000 people on a year-round basis, but we get up to a million visitors a year, and so of course that impacts a lot of our infrastructure because we have these visitors and thank God we do […]
Poseidon Desal Plant in Carlsbad Needs $159M Upgrade. Ratepayers Will Foot the Bill
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson Smith Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe Poseidon desalination plant in Carlsbad — by far the San Diego region’s most expensive supply of water — is about to get even more costly. Under pressure from state environmental regulators, the company is now scrambling to complete an estimated $159-million overhaul of its system for pulling ocean water from the Agua Hedionda Lagoon up to […]
Water Authority Proposes 2023 Rates and Charges for Member Agencies
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News Network Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority is taking strategic steps to minimize 2023 rate increases for its 24 member agencies and their customers while ensuring a safe, reliable, and affordable water supply as drought grips California for a third consecutive year. Water Authority staff proposed increasing 2023 rates and charges for member agencies by 5.2% […]
California District Curbs Water Supply to Over-Users in Drought
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Reutersby Omar YunisAs a historic drought grips southern California, one district is getting tough on water usage violators by reducing their supply directly from the source so that sprinklers and outdoor hoses no longer work. The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District in Calabasas, north of Los Angeles, places metal disks with a small hole into the main […]
Catalina Island Uses SoCal Edison Desalination Plant to Avoid Drought
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /ABC 7by Jaysha PatelIf you take a boat ride to Catalina Island, you’ll notice it’s surrounded by the ocean. “We’re about 4,000 people on a year-round basis, but we get up to a million visitors a year, and so of course that impacts a lot of our infrastructure because we have these visitors and thank God we do […]