Every time someone turns on the tap in San Diego County, out flows the work of Peter MacLaggan. MacLaggan was the point man in the construction of the Carlsbad desalination plant, a nearly $1 billion public-private partnership that since 2015 has supplied nearly 10 percent of the potable water consumed in the county. Desalination relies […]
Since 1991, San Diego County ratepayers have conserved more than 1 million acre-feet of water, and per capita potable water use in the region decreased nearly 60 percent between fiscal years 1990 and 2019, according to the San Diego County Water Authority. The findings are part of the Water Authority’s draft 2020 Urban Water Management […]
A judge has ordered the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to continue providing historic quantities of irrigation water to lessees of its pasturelands east of Yosemite, despite the agency’s assertion that climate change is making water resources in the Sierra Nevada watershed increasingly unreliable.
For decades, it was a source of drinking water for the San Marcos area. Today, the South Lake Reservoir has new life as a local wildlife habitat. South Lake was built with an earthen dam and provided drinking water to the Lake San Marcos area, most of downtown San Marcos, and the Coronado Hills area. […]
Water World: After Nearly 40 years, Peter MacLaggan Leaves a Liquid Legacy
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Phil Diehl Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityEvery time someone turns on the tap in San Diego County, out flows the work of Peter MacLaggan. MacLaggan was the point man in the construction of the Carlsbad desalination plant, a nearly $1 billion public-private partnership that since 2015 has supplied nearly 10 percent of the potable water consumed in the county. Desalination relies […]
Water Authority Plan Shows Sufficient Supplies Until 2045
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Daily Transcriptby Thor Kamban Biberman Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthoritySince 1991, San Diego County ratepayers have conserved more than 1 million acre-feet of water, and per capita potable water use in the region decreased nearly 60 percent between fiscal years 1990 and 2019, according to the San Diego County Water Authority. The findings are part of the Water Authority’s draft 2020 Urban Water Management […]
Judge Rules Against Los Angeles in Long Valley Irrigation Fight
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /Los Angeles Timesby Louis SahagúnA judge has ordered the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to continue providing historic quantities of irrigation water to lessees of its pasturelands east of Yosemite, despite the agency’s assertion that climate change is making water resources in the Sierra Nevada watershed increasingly unreliable.
Volunteers Offer Birds Eye View at South Lake Reservoir
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News NetworkFor decades, it was a source of drinking water for the San Marcos area. Today, the South Lake Reservoir has new life as a local wildlife habitat. South Lake was built with an earthen dam and provided drinking water to the Lake San Marcos area, most of downtown San Marcos, and the Coronado Hills area. […]