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.
OPINION: All Too Rare: Public Agency Quickly Improves Transparency After Being Called Out
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-TribuneWhen government agencies face sharp criticism for their decisions, it’s rare for them to immediately admit error. But that’s just what the Sweetwater Authority has done. On Friday, The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board posted an editorial criticizing the water agency for no longer requiring that minutes be kept at meetings of two important committees […]
Cuyama Passes Pay-To-Pump Groundwater Sustainability Structure
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Santa Maria Sunby Kasey BubnashCuyama landowners will soon have to pay to pump groundwater, a decision that some say will place the burden of Cuyama’s dwindling water supply largely on farmers’ shoulders. At a board of directors meeting on July 10, the Cuyama Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency voted to approve a pay-to-pump funding structure, in which landowners are charged extraction […]
Don’t Say Retreat When Talking About Sea Rise In California
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Readerby Sheila Pell,Who knew back in 1977, when the Coastal Act was passed, that the sea would rise so quickly? Now, cities and the agency formed to protect the coastline, must deal with it – and with each other. A workshop on July 12 brought together the League of Cities, California State Association of Counties, local government […]
San Diego Spending $3.6M To Monitor Local Underwater Kelp Forests
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego-Union Tribune by David GarrickSan Diego has agreed to spend $3.6 million studying the region’s kelp forests, a key part of the local ecosystem that scientists say could disappear as climate change spikes ocean temperatures. The money will cover a five-year research partnership with the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, which has agreed to conduct 450 dives per year at […]