The Santa Fe Irrigation District and San Dieguito Water District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 31 to mark the completion of a new solar project at the R.E. Badger Filtration Treatment Plant in Rancho Santa Fe, expected to produce about 80% of the jointly owned plant’s annual energy needs. According to a news release, […]
For more than a century, shoreline stations operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have measured water temperatures along the California coast. This year, they are flashing a warning sign. Over the last three months, several stations have repeatedly posted record-breaking daily high temperatures – with the La Jolla station registering temperatures a full 10F above historical average at one point […]
As climate change intensifies droughts, disrupts rainfall patterns and fuels wildfires, more regions are turning to the sea for drinking water. Desalination, which is the process of removing salt from seawater, offers a way to produce freshwater in regions that lack sufficient rain, rivers or groundwater to meet demand. Today, it supplies water to hundreds of millions […]
Santa Fe, San Dieguito Water Districts Celebrate New Solar Installation at Treatment Plant
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Jordan Beane /San Diego Union-TribuneThe Santa Fe Irrigation District and San Dieguito Water District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 31 to mark the completion of a new solar project at the R.E. Badger Filtration Treatment Plant in Rancho Santa Fe, expected to produce about 80% of the jointly owned plant’s annual energy needs. According to a news release, […]
Six Years Later, Poway’s Water Future Is Secure
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Jordan Beane /NBC 7by Joe LittleThe largest capital improvement project in Poway’s history is almost complete, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little.
Record High Ocean Temperatures off Southern California Raise Fears of Prolonged Marine Heatwave
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /The Guardianby Roque PlanasFor more than a century, shoreline stations operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have measured water temperatures along the California coast. This year, they are flashing a warning sign. Over the last three months, several stations have repeatedly posted record-breaking daily high temperatures – with the La Jolla station registering temperatures a full 10F above historical average at one point […]
What You Need To Know About Desalination, a Growing Source of Drinking Water
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Times of San DiegoAs climate change intensifies droughts, disrupts rainfall patterns and fuels wildfires, more regions are turning to the sea for drinking water. Desalination, which is the process of removing salt from seawater, offers a way to produce freshwater in regions that lack sufficient rain, rivers or groundwater to meet demand. Today, it supplies water to hundreds of millions […]