At this month’s board meeting, Ramona Municipal Water District (RMWD) approved “the Proposition 218 Notice for Untreated Water Pumping Rates.” Twenty-five years after the passage of Proposition 218, RMWD is finally admitting that its treated and untreated water systems are separate. As a result, RMWD calculated “(non)uniform pumping rates” for all water customers. The notice […]
SAN DIEGO, CA — Located in southern San Diego County, the Otay Water Treatment Plant, with a capacity of 34 million gallons per day provides drinking water to an estimated 100,000 customers. The plant is operated by the City of San Diego and located less than two miles from the United States – Mexico border, north […]
The California Natural Resources Agency this week released its Salton Sea Management Program annual report, which trumpeted the first completed dust suppression project and set ambitious goals for upcoming mitigation efforts. The report lays out an aggressive target of 3,800 acres on which the agency hopes to complete efforts to tamp down dust by the end of 2020 to […]
The March through May wonderment that we know as The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch will once again explode with tissue-like petals of Tecolote ranunculus, Mother Nature’s sign that spring is on the way. Seven million flowers — in hues of red, purple, orange, gold, rose, pink and white — will fill row upon row […]
Opinion: Is RMWD Doing Right by Customers?
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Gary HurstAt this month’s board meeting, Ramona Municipal Water District (RMWD) approved “the Proposition 218 Notice for Untreated Water Pumping Rates.” Twenty-five years after the passage of Proposition 218, RMWD is finally admitting that its treated and untreated water systems are separate. As a result, RMWD calculated “(non)uniform pumping rates” for all water customers. The notice […]
Generating Sodium Hypochlorite On-Site in South San Diego
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /WaterWorld MagazineSAN DIEGO, CA — Located in southern San Diego County, the Otay Water Treatment Plant, with a capacity of 34 million gallons per day provides drinking water to an estimated 100,000 customers. The plant is operated by the City of San Diego and located less than two miles from the United States – Mexico border, north […]
California Natural Resources Agency Lays Out Aggressive Salton Sea Mitigation Goals
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.)by Mark OlaldeThe California Natural Resources Agency this week released its Salton Sea Management Program annual report, which trumpeted the first completed dust suppression project and set ambitious goals for upcoming mitigation efforts. The report lays out an aggressive target of 3,800 acres on which the agency hopes to complete efforts to tamp down dust by the end of 2020 to […]
Carlsbad Flower Fields Prepped for Spring’s Arrival
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Carolina GusmanThe March through May wonderment that we know as The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch will once again explode with tissue-like petals of Tecolote ranunculus, Mother Nature’s sign that spring is on the way. Seven million flowers — in hues of red, purple, orange, gold, rose, pink and white — will fill row upon row […]