San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation approved a memorandum of understanding with Riverside County’s LAFCO which will delegate entirely to San Diego LAFCO the potential reorganization in which the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District would detach from the San Diego County Water Authority and become part of the Eastern Municipal Water […]
A new pilot program has been launched by numerous organizations in Southern California to aid residents in selecting more native plants for their homes and gardens to become even more water-efficient. Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California and local water agencies have teamed up with the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) to boost the […]
San Diego Congressional members Scott Peters, Duncan Hunter and Susan Davis have introduced bipartisan federal legislation to simplify permit requirements to operate the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plan, with a goal of providing purified, recycled drinking water for the San Diego region and reducing ocean pollution. The bill, H.R. 4611, the Ocean Pollution Reduction Act […]
Imperial County has had enough. That was the message from the county board of supervisors on Tuesday as they voted unanimously to declare a local state of emergency at the Salton Sea. And that may not be all: In addition to the action on the state’s largest lake, supervisors said they will seek another emergency declaration on the badly […]
San Diego County LAFCO Approves MOU to Handle All FPUD/Rainbow Reorganization Hearings
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Village Newsby Joe Naiman Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthoritySan Diego County’s Local Agency Formation approved a memorandum of understanding with Riverside County’s LAFCO which will delegate entirely to San Diego LAFCO the potential reorganization in which the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District would detach from the San Diego County Water Authority and become part of the Eastern Municipal Water […]
MWD and Partners Helping to Bring More Native Plants to SoCal to be More Water Efficient
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /California Water News DailyA new pilot program has been launched by numerous organizations in Southern California to aid residents in selecting more native plants for their homes and gardens to become even more water-efficient. Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California and local water agencies have teamed up with the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) to boost the […]
Bipartisan San Diego Water Bill Introduced By Representatives Hunter, Davis, and Peters
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /East County Magazine (San Diego, Calif.)San Diego Congressional members Scott Peters, Duncan Hunter and Susan Davis have introduced bipartisan federal legislation to simplify permit requirements to operate the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plan, with a goal of providing purified, recycled drinking water for the San Diego region and reducing ocean pollution. The bill, H.R. 4611, the Ocean Pollution Reduction Act […]
Imperial County Declares Salton Sea Emergency, Demands California Take Action
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Palm Springs Desert Sunby Janet WilsonImperial County has had enough. That was the message from the county board of supervisors on Tuesday as they voted unanimously to declare a local state of emergency at the Salton Sea. And that may not be all: In addition to the action on the state’s largest lake, supervisors said they will seek another emergency declaration on the badly […]