A $1.5 million federal grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will help the city of Oceanside complete its $4.5 million project to replace more than 11,000 water meters to help conserve water and better monitor usage, it was announced Monday. According to the city’s water utilities department, the upgrades will save 784 acre-feet of […]
To protect its employees, members of the public, and the environment from any accidental chemical releases or exposure, the Vallecitos Water District has established its own internal Hazardous Materials Response Team or HAZMAT team.
The contraption, reminiscent of Rube Goldberg, would produce two of Southern California’s most precious and essential resources: water and electricity. The electricity would be renewable. And the drought-proof, desalinated ocean water could prove more environmentally friendly — and cheaper — than the water produced from three other desalters proposed for Southern California. The idea, developed […]
Rainstorms routinely flush toxic chemicals, bacteria and even human feces through San Diego’s streets, canyons and rivers — ultimately polluting bays and beaches. Those same downpours also regularly burst city stormwater pipes and overwhelm clogged waterways, inundating homes and businesses. Under San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer the city laid out what it would cost to fix the […]
$1.5 Million Grant to Help Oceanside Conserve Water, Monitor Water Use
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diego by Debbie L. SkylarA $1.5 million federal grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will help the city of Oceanside complete its $4.5 million project to replace more than 11,000 water meters to help conserve water and better monitor usage, it was announced Monday. According to the city’s water utilities department, the upgrades will save 784 acre-feet of […]
Vallecitos Water District HAZMAT Team Ready to Respond
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News NetworkTo protect its employees, members of the public, and the environment from any accidental chemical releases or exposure, the Vallecitos Water District has established its own internal Hazardous Materials Response Team or HAZMAT team.
One Idea, Two Cool Things: Desalinated Water and Renewable Energy
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Orange County Registerby Martin WisckolThe contraption, reminiscent of Rube Goldberg, would produce two of Southern California’s most precious and essential resources: water and electricity. The electricity would be renewable. And the drought-proof, desalinated ocean water could prove more environmentally friendly — and cheaper — than the water produced from three other desalters proposed for Southern California. The idea, developed […]
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer to Leave More Than $1 billion in Polluted Rivers, Flood Issues to Successor
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson SmithRainstorms routinely flush toxic chemicals, bacteria and even human feces through San Diego’s streets, canyons and rivers — ultimately polluting bays and beaches. Those same downpours also regularly burst city stormwater pipes and overwhelm clogged waterways, inundating homes and businesses. Under San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer the city laid out what it would cost to fix the […]