San Diego County / Southern California

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

Can Mission Valley Handle 50,000 More Residents?

/in , /by /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Jennifer Van Grove

Mission Valley is not a model community — but it could be. By 2050, the town that is mostly commercial in function and primarily navigated by cars should be practically unrecognizable. It’ll be a walker’s paradise and a safe haven for bicyclists. More importantly, the region will serve as the archetype of a new kind […]

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Man Pushes Preservation of 400-foot-tall Coastal Smokestack

/in , , /by /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Phil Diehl

Icon or eyesore? The perception of Carlsbad’s 400-foot-tall coastal smokestack is in the eye of the beholder. The old chimney, a concrete exclamation point in the sky, soon could be gone. Demolition of the Encina power plant is scheduled to begin by the end of this year, after a new, more efficient plant built at […]

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Lawmakers Prepare Emergency Bill to Save San Diego Recycled Drinking Water Project

/in , , /by /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein

San Diego lawmakers in Sacramento are preparing an emergency bill to stave off a legal challenge to San Diego’s $650 million recycled drinking water project. Assemblymember Todd Gloria, with the support of Senate President Toni Atkins, is moving forward Assembly Bill 1290 to end a legal challenge over the use of union labor to construct […]

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Lomita Drains its $13 Million Water Reservoir Because of Cancer-Causing Chemicals

/in , /by /Daily Breeze (Torrance, Calif.)by Nick Green

Lomita has stopped using a 5 million-gallon emergency reservoir that blends local groundwater and more expensive imported water, another fallout from the discovery of cancer-causing chemicals in the water supply, prompting renewed criticism from some residents that the $13 million project doesn’t work as designed.

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