San Diego County / Southern California

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

Report: SD County Faces Dramatic Spike In Heat Without Climate-Change Action

Absent significant global action to address climate change, San Diego County — and other regions across the country — will see dramatic spikes in annual extreme-heat days by the end of the century, according to a report released Tuesday by a scientific advocacy group. The report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit group that […]

Cabazon, Twenty-Nine Palms Tribes Create Air Quality Monitoring Station In Indio

The Cabazon and Twenty-Nine Palms tribes have joined together to create an air-quality monitoring station in Indio to keep residents better informed about their health. Air quality is a concern in the Coachella Valley, where high levels of smog from Los Angeles hovers and toxic dust rises from the nearby Salton Sea as the water recedes. For the tribes, that […]

IID Votes To Lower Conserved Water Payments To Farmers

After nearly two hours of contentious debate, the Imperial Irrigation District board voted unanimously July 9 on a hybrid plan to lower payments made to farmers for their on-farm conservation program. The purpose for conserving water was not necessarily the drought conditions of the past two decades, but the 2003 QSA in which the San […]

SDRVC Climate Change, San Diego, and You

What are the likely effects of global climate change (GCC) around the world, across the United States, and within the San Diego region? Is where you live in any danger? Is there evidence that GCC is already affecting the San Diego region? What steps should we be taking? Professor Emeritus Phil Pryde first started teaching […]