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.
Agency Approves Rate Increase In Coming Year
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Alpine Sun (Alpine, Calif.)by Joe Naiman Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority approved a water rate increase for calendar year 2020 purchases by SDCWA member agencies. The new rates approved by the water authority board June 27 will increase the cost per acre-foot on a countywide basis from $1,617 to $1,686 for treated water and from $1,341 to $1,406 for untreated […]
City To Hire Third Party To Take Over Smart Water Meter Program
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC 7 San Diegoby Sophia McCullough and Dorian HargroveAfter years of delays, and millions in cost overruns, San Diego will hire a third-party company to take over the city’s troubled conversion to smart water meters. The announcement was made after the city auditor released a new report highlighting management and staffing issues inside the city’s water department. The City of San Diego launched its […]
Opinion: Sweetwater Water Agency Needs More, Not Less, Transparency
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Union-TribuneThe Sweetwater Authority, a water agency that serves 190,000 people in National City, Bonita and parts of Chula Vista, was last in the news in January when board members voted 6-1 to give themselves ridiculously cheap, heavily subsidized health insurance for their dependents. This is a part-time government body that oversees 100-plus employees earning $176,000 in average salary and benefits […]
Chevron Spills 800,000 Gallons Of Oil, Water In California
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Don ThompsonOfficials began to clean up a massive oil spill Friday that dumped nearly 800,000 gallons of oil and water into a California canyon, making it larger — if less devastating — than the state’s last two major oil spills. The newly revealed spill has been flowing off and on since May and has again stopped, […]