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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
California’s Winter: Wet Times, Dry Times and Water Supplies
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News Networkby Ed Joyce Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityAfter a wet and snowy start, California’s winter has gone bust. The 2019-2020 water year started off with robust precipitation, after a series of storms in November and early December 2019. But the new year has not been as bountiful. Dry conditions in January and February added little to the Sierra Nevada snowpack.
Oceanside Receives Second $1.5M Grant to Aid $19.5M Smart Water Meter Project
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC7 San Diegoby Sophia McCulloughThe City of Oceanside received its second $1.5 million award from a federal agency to aid its new smart water meter installation project, the city announced. The city is in phase two of a three-phase project to replace all 45,000 existing water meters with advanced metering infrastructure smart meters, confirmed Lindsay Leahy, Principal Engineer for […]
Contractors Get Reprieve in Effort to Block San Diego’s Pure Water Recycling System
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Union-Tribuneby David GarrickSAN DIEGO — Legal wrangling over San Diego’s proposed Pure Water sewage recycling system continued Friday, when a judge gave a temporary reprieve to a group of local contractors fighting for the ability of non-union workers to help build the system. Superior Court Judge Richard Strauss gave the contractors two weeks to strengthen their case, […]
MWD Grants SDG&E Permanent Easement in Pala
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Fallbrook Village Newsby Joe Naiman Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe Metropolitan Water District of Southern California granted San Diego Gas and Electric an permanent easement on MWD property in Pala. The MWD board vote Feb. 11 approves the granting of the easement including conditions. SDG&E will obtain a 12-foot wide easement along the northern edge of the MWD property in the 39000 block of […]