San Diego County / Southern California

The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Receives Water Efficiency Award

/in , /by /SD Metro Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority presented its 2019 Water Innovation & Efficiency Award to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar for significantly reducing its overall potable water use through a successful water conservation program and new infrastructure for distributing reclaimed water. MCAS Miramar embarked on a water conservation program about a decade ago, and through […]

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Rainfall Contest Winner’s Prediction Was Good To The Last Drop

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Robert Krier

As September and the rainfall year wound down, Michael Candra needed a perfect storm — a perfectly light, minor storm. Early Saturday morning, San Diego’s season total stood at 12.83 inches. At that point, Candra was in fifth place in the Union-Tribune’s 17th annual Precipitation Prediction Contest, which drew more than 500 entrants. Each year, […]

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New Water Year Kicks Off With Surplus: California Has Greater Reservoir Storage Than Last Year

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Times by Hannah Fry

California has more water stored in its reservoirs than it did a year ago after a marathon wet winter that pounded the state with rain and blanketed its mountain ranges with snow. Statewide reservoir water storage is 128% of average, which amounts to about 29.7 million acre-feet of water for California, the Department of Water […]

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Four Lessons From the Front Lines of California’s Water Wars

/in , , /by /Voice of San Diego by Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Were San Diego on its own, there wouldn’t be enough water to go around. Only about 5 percent of urban San Diego’s water comes from local rainfall, an almost meaningless amount that wouldn’t support our region’s 3 million residents.

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