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.
It’s Not Your Imagination — Humidity Is Getting Worse In San Diego
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBSby John CarrollIt’s part of the reason so many of us love living here so much, the beautiful sunny weather. But inject humidity into the picture and the sunny becomes sticky. That’s when what meteorologists call the “heat index” comes into play. Some people call it the “real feel” temperature. But are we really feeling more humid […]
District Raises Water And Sewer Rates, Despite Protests
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Julie Gallant Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityAfter objections from the public and lengthy discussions, Ramona Municipal Water District Board of Directors approved four types of rate increases recommended by staff. The first action — to adopt an ordinance increasing water rates and fees — was approved 3-2 with President Jim Robinson and directors Thomas Ace and Bryan Wadlington in favor, and […]
OPINION: Desalination Makes More Sense For California Than A Multi-Billion Dollar Water Tunnel
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Ventura County Starby Ted Kuepper and John P. MacHargThere is an obvious connection between the proposed multibillion-dollar Sacramento Delta Water Tunnels, the proposed mining/pumping of water from the Mojave Desert, Central Valley farmers lacking the water resources to maximize food production, and the Sacramento River and fishing stocks suffering from inadequate water flows. That connection is the State Water Project, which pumps water […]
New History Exhibit Shows City’s Deep Relationship With Water Is Everywhere
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Long Beach Postby Barbara Kingsley-WilsonLong Beach’s origin story is awash in water. It was a resort and farming town of transplanted Iowans who got water from aquifers under Signal Hill; the drill bits even found a more lucrative resource underneath: oil. Then when the city outgrew the wells, the Metropolitan Water District was forming and voters jumped in. Freshwater […]