Drivers heading into downtown San Diego faced a traffic nightmare Monday morning after two water mains burst Sunday, leaving a section of northbound Interstate 5 under water. Starting around 11 p.m., all traffic on north I-5 was being diverted to north state Route 163. Crews were working to pump water out of the flooded lanes […]
The Santa Fe Irrigation District Board of Directors approved a scheduled 3% rate adjustment at its November meeting, according to a news release. The increase will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2022. The scheduled rate adjustment was a part of the board’s three-year rate structure approved in January 2020. Last November, the board voted […]
The 2021 trout season opens Friday at Lake Jennings, the Helix Water District reservoir in Lakeside. The lake is one of San Diego County’s hot spots for trout fishing, ranked second in the county by SDFish.com. The first delivery of 2,000 pounds of trout traveled 913 miles from Idaho in an oxygenated truck to stock the […]
Olivenhain Municipal Water District’s Board of Directors unanimously voted at its November 17 meeting to refund $1.62 million to customers to reduce the impact of future water rate increases. The refund resulted from lawsuits filed by San Diego County Water Authority in 2010 and 2018, challenging the legality of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s […]
Burst Water Main Floods Freeway, Forces Closure of I-5 Downtown
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Karen Kucher and K.C. AlfredDrivers heading into downtown San Diego faced a traffic nightmare Monday morning after two water mains burst Sunday, leaving a section of northbound Interstate 5 under water. Starting around 11 p.m., all traffic on north I-5 was being diverted to north state Route 163. Crews were working to pump water out of the flooded lanes […]
Santa Fe Irrigation District Approves Rate Increase
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Rancho Santa Fe Review Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe Santa Fe Irrigation District Board of Directors approved a scheduled 3% rate adjustment at its November meeting, according to a news release. The increase will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2022. The scheduled rate adjustment was a part of the board’s three-year rate structure approved in January 2020. Last November, the board voted […]
Trout Season Opens at Lake Jennings
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News Network Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe 2021 trout season opens Friday at Lake Jennings, the Helix Water District reservoir in Lakeside. The lake is one of San Diego County’s hot spots for trout fishing, ranked second in the county by SDFish.com. The first delivery of 2,000 pounds of trout traveled 913 miles from Idaho in an oxygenated truck to stock the […]
OMWD to Refund Customers $1.62 Million From Water Wholesalers
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Olivenhain Municipal Water District Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityOlivenhain Municipal Water District’s Board of Directors unanimously voted at its November 17 meeting to refund $1.62 million to customers to reduce the impact of future water rate increases. The refund resulted from lawsuits filed by San Diego County Water Authority in 2010 and 2018, challenging the legality of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s […]