Tijuana and Rosarito residents may have gotten a brief reprieve from scheduled water shut-offs, but the delivery of water throughout Baja California is a vulnerable system in need of urgent repairs, state and water officials stressed this week. Like San Diego, Tijuana gets most of its water supply — at least 95 percent — from […]
Unauthorized access of a server used to process payments for a San Bernardino County water utility may have exposed some customers’ billing information to theft, authorities disclosed last week. Central Square, an outside vendor for the Cucamonga Valley Water District, reported that a server handling one-time credit card transactions for the utility had been breached […]
Everyone knows the proverb about the man who falls off the Empire State Building and half way to the sidewalk below concludes, “so far, so good.” It’s the story we use to describe the most foolish of complacencies. The proverb is much too extreme to describe the Coachella Valley golf community’s relationship with water. Our complacency is […]
Restaurants in Poway reopened Saturday morning after six days of darkness, with owners and employees happy to be back at work, but upset about the costly interruption to their businesses and lives. A week ago, restaurants, bars and other businesses that handled food — about 190 in all — were ordered to close by the […]
Baja California Water Supplies Remain at Critical Levels
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Wendy FryTijuana and Rosarito residents may have gotten a brief reprieve from scheduled water shut-offs, but the delivery of water throughout Baja California is a vulnerable system in need of urgent repairs, state and water officials stressed this week. Like San Diego, Tijuana gets most of its water supply — at least 95 percent — from […]
Rancho Cucamonga-Based Water District Reports Data Breach
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Daily Bulletin (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.)by Eric LicasUnauthorized access of a server used to process payments for a San Bernardino County water utility may have exposed some customers’ billing information to theft, authorities disclosed last week. Central Square, an outside vendor for the Cucamonga Valley Water District, reported that a server handling one-time credit card transactions for the utility had been breached […]
Opinion: Golf course, CVWD Cooperation Key to Keeping Groundwater Control Local
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.)by Craig KesslerEveryone knows the proverb about the man who falls off the Empire State Building and half way to the sidewalk below concludes, “so far, so good.” It’s the story we use to describe the most foolish of complacencies. The proverb is much too extreme to describe the Coachella Valley golf community’s relationship with water. Our complacency is […]
With Water Crisis Over, Poway Businesses Regroup
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby J. Harry JonesRestaurants in Poway reopened Saturday morning after six days of darkness, with owners and employees happy to be back at work, but upset about the costly interruption to their businesses and lives. A week ago, restaurants, bars and other businesses that handled food — about 190 in all — were ordered to close by the […]