As of Friday, 10 workers are quarantined inside the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant for the next three weeks, monitoring and adjusting gauges and switches, watching for leaks, and doing whatever is needed to safeguard San Diego County’s only significant local source of drinking water.
The San Diego County Water Authority and its 24 member agencies said Wednesday they have increased regional coordination to ensure the coronavirus pandemic does not impact water service in the region. The water authority has activated its emergency operations center to ensure a coordinated response to any water supply problem that emerges. But officials stressed that there’s […]
The water agencies that serve the Fallbrook and Rainbow areas of North County have officially filed applications to detach from the San Diego County Water Authority, an unprecedented move with potential financial implications for almost all water customers in the county. The Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District filed “reorganization” applications […]
Something you may not be thinking about during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is what you’re flushing down the toilet. Plumbers say a lack of supplies is causing some major backups. A lack of toilet paper means a lot of people have been putting other things down their toilets. The experts at Bill Howe Plumbing say […]
Carlsbad Desal Plant Workers Begin Shelter-In-Place
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Union-Tribune by Phil Diehl Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityAs of Friday, 10 workers are quarantined inside the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant for the next three weeks, monitoring and adjusting gauges and switches, watching for leaks, and doing whatever is needed to safeguard San Diego County’s only significant local source of drinking water.
County Water Agencies Coordinate Operations to Protect Drinking Water
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority and its 24 member agencies said Wednesday they have increased regional coordination to ensure the coronavirus pandemic does not impact water service in the region. The water authority has activated its emergency operations center to ensure a coordinated response to any water supply problem that emerges. But officials stressed that there’s […]
It’s Official: Two North County Districts Want Out of County Water Authority
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Union-Tribuneby J. Harry Jones Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe water agencies that serve the Fallbrook and Rainbow areas of North County have officially filed applications to detach from the San Diego County Water Authority, an unprecedented move with potential financial implications for almost all water customers in the county. The Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District filed “reorganization” applications […]
Low on Toilet Paper? Here’s What Not to Flush Down Your Toilet
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /CBS8 (San Diego)by Shannon HandySomething you may not be thinking about during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is what you’re flushing down the toilet. Plumbers say a lack of supplies is causing some major backups. A lack of toilet paper means a lot of people have been putting other things down their toilets. The experts at Bill Howe Plumbing say […]