San Diego County / Southern California
The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.
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.
Toxic Waste Still a Problem for El Cajon Neighborhoods
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /East County Californianby Albert FulcherFrom 1963 to 1985, aerospace manufacturing company Senior Aerospace Ketema (formerly Ametek) in El Cajon dumped thousands of pounds of a chemical degreaser into a shallow redwood-lined pit that sat on its property. This resulted in a toxic groundwater plume of trichloroethylene, which travels through the soil by a process called soil vapor intrusion into […]
Water Agencies Team Up to Reduce Potable Water Use
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News NetworkThe Olivenhain Municipal Water District and Leucadia Wastewater District are reducing potable water use by switching to recycled water to flush sewer lines in their service areas. With the recent installation of new equipment by both agencies, recycled water is now available to Leucadia for sewer line maintenance in the Village Park neighborhood in Encinitas […]
City of Oceanside to Break Ground on Pure Water Oceanside
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Debbie L. Sklar Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityMarking a historic moment for the city of Oceanside and the region, city officials and water industry leaders will break ground on Pure Water Oceanside on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 10 a.m. at the San Luis Rey Water Reclamation Facility. Scheduled to be completed before the end of 2021, Pure Water Oceanside will be on the […]
Will California Get Another Wildflower Super Bloom? Here’s What the Experts Predict
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Tribune by Lindsey HoldenA lackluster winter rain season has left much of California on the cusp of a drought — so what does that mean for the state’s much-Instagrammed wildflowers? Particularly rainy winters yielded super blooms throughout the state in 2017 and 2019, from the Carrizo Plain National Monument in San Luis Obispo County all the way down […]