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.
California’s Unusually Wet Spring Is Delaying, Damaging Crops
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KTLA 5 (Los Angeles)California growers are frustrated by an unusually wet spring that has delayed the planting of some crops like rice and damaged others including strawberries and wine grapes. The state’s wet conditions come as much of the West is experiencing weird weather. Colorado and Wyoming got an unusually late dump of snow this week. Meanwhile temperatures […]
Water Wars: Power Struggles Over the Coachella Valley’s Water Supply Have Dominated Recent Headlines. What’s Really Going On?
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Coachella Valley Independentby Kevin FitzgeraldLocal news reports as of late have included alarming updates on a spate of disputes that have cropped up involving local water agencies. For example, there’s the outrage expressed by the Desert Hot Springs-area’s Mission Springs Water District over what it refers to as the west valley-area Desert Water Agency’s “seizure” of groundwater management. Or […]
May Is Proving To Be A Wet Blanket For California — And More Rain Is On The Way
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Hannah FryThe calendar shows it’s almost Memorial Day — typically beach weather in Southern California — but gray skies are signaling that unusually chilly temperatures and rain will stick around a bit longer during a month that has already broken precipitation records. The forecast this month has been a doozy in California with rain, hail and […]
Water-Rights Dispute Between Fallbrook, Camp Pendleton Ends After Nearly 70 Years
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Union-Tribuneby J. Harry JonesAfter 68 years of litigation and more than a half-century of settlement talks, a dispute between the water district that serves Fallbrook and Camp Pendleton has officially ended. The agreement settles a lawsuit filed in 1951 and lays out how the Fallbrook Public Utility District and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton will share water rights […]