Poseidon Water’s long-delayed plans to build one of the West Coast’s biggest seawater desalination plants on the Huntington Beach coastline appear headed for a key approval. A regional water board is proposing to grant Poseidon permits for a $1-billion desalting facility that would annually produce enough drinking water to supply 100,000 Orange County households.
Los Angeles’s water sources run as far as hundreds of miles away. In some cases, water drips from the snowmelt of the Sierra Mountains, trickles down to the Owens Valley, and is collected in a system of canals and aqueducts that pump water away from its natural avenues to deliver them to faucets throughout the […]
Regional collaboration and partnerships are needed to solve cross-border water issues, according to San Diego County Water Authority Board Chair Jim Madaffer. “The Water Authority is exploring innovative solutions to increase water supply reliability for the San Diego region, but also Baja California and the Southwest,” said Madaffer during today’s opening ceremony of RE:BORDER 2019 […]
Two small water agencies are trying to divorce themselves from the San Diego County Water Authority and join a Riverside County water agency instead. The San Diego County Water Authority isn’t willing to let them go so easily. Its board of directors last week approved a resolution to ask the obscure San Diego Local Agency […]
Huntington Beach Desalination Plant Appears Headed for a Key Approval
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Bettina Boxall Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityPoseidon Water’s long-delayed plans to build one of the West Coast’s biggest seawater desalination plants on the Huntington Beach coastline appear headed for a key approval. A regional water board is proposing to grant Poseidon permits for a $1-billion desalting facility that would annually produce enough drinking water to supply 100,000 Orange County households.
From Snow Pack to Faucet: Tracing the Source of Our Water
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KCETLos Angeles’s water sources run as far as hundreds of miles away. In some cases, water drips from the snowmelt of the Sierra Mountains, trickles down to the Owens Valley, and is collected in a system of canals and aqueducts that pump water away from its natural avenues to deliver them to faucets throughout the […]
Cross-Border Water Issues Need Cross-Border Solutions
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News Network Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityRegional collaboration and partnerships are needed to solve cross-border water issues, according to San Diego County Water Authority Board Chair Jim Madaffer. “The Water Authority is exploring innovative solutions to increase water supply reliability for the San Diego region, but also Baja California and the Southwest,” said Madaffer during today’s opening ceremony of RE:BORDER 2019 […]
Water Authority Wants Voters To Weigh In On Agencies’ Divorce Request
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diego Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityTwo small water agencies are trying to divorce themselves from the San Diego County Water Authority and join a Riverside County water agency instead. The San Diego County Water Authority isn’t willing to let them go so easily. Its board of directors last week approved a resolution to ask the obscure San Diego Local Agency […]