0.02 inches. Pinch your fingers together and try to imagine 0.02 inches. That’s how much rain fell at San Diego International Airport in April. 30 days in San Diego and the airport measured 0.02 inches of rainfall.
Neighborhoods across northern San Diego will be disrupted by tunneling and pipeline construction this summer when work kicks into high gear on Pure Water, the largest infrastructure project in city history. With contracts totaling more than $1 billion recently awarded for eight of the 10 major projects that make up Pure Water’s first phase, city […]
In less than a month, residents in large portions of Southern California will be under unprecedented water restrictions due to a worsening drought that has severely limited water supplies. The biggest change is the requirement from the Metropolitan Water District that local water suppliers in those areas, from Ventura County to northwestern L.A. County to […]
A new estimated cost for the Advanced Water Purification project, a system of recapturing sewage and transforming it to drinkable water for about 500,000 East County residents, escalated to about $850 million, an increase of more than $300 million above the estimate three years ago. Allen Carlisle, general manager of the Padre Dam Municipal Water […]
San Diego County Braces for Wildfires in a Time of Drought
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC San Diegoby Joe Little Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority0.02 inches. Pinch your fingers together and try to imagine 0.02 inches. That’s how much rain fell at San Diego International Airport in April. 30 days in San Diego and the airport measured 0.02 inches of rainfall.
Construction of Sewage Recycling Pipeline Expected to Disrupt Neighborhoods This Summer, Fall
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby David GarrickNeighborhoods across northern San Diego will be disrupted by tunneling and pipeline construction this summer when work kicks into high gear on Pure Water, the largest infrastructure project in city history. With contracts totaling more than $1 billion recently awarded for eight of the 10 major projects that make up Pure Water’s first phase, city […]
Can We Do It? Unprecedented Water Cuts Will Require Sacrifices for Southern California
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Hayley Smith and Ian JamesIn less than a month, residents in large portions of Southern California will be under unprecedented water restrictions due to a worsening drought that has severely limited water supplies. The biggest change is the requirement from the Metropolitan Water District that local water suppliers in those areas, from Ventura County to northwestern L.A. County to […]
Estimate for Cost of Advanced Water Purification Skyrockets
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /East County Magazineby Mike AllenA new estimated cost for the Advanced Water Purification project, a system of recapturing sewage and transforming it to drinkable water for about 500,000 East County residents, escalated to about $850 million, an increase of more than $300 million above the estimate three years ago. Allen Carlisle, general manager of the Padre Dam Municipal Water […]