The San Diego County Water Authority repairs to Pipeline 5 were completed under budget. The SDCWA board approved a notice of completion July 25, which releases the remaining funds to the contractor. Although J.F. Shea Construction, Inc., bid the project at $25,304,375, the Walnut-based company was able to work with CWA staff to reduce the […]
The city’s plans to annex its utilities department took another step forward Tuesday, Aug. 20, as councilmembers approved a framework that will be the basis for a potential agreement to have Santa Margarita Water District take over water and sewer services in San Juan Capistrano. With Councilmember Derek Reeve absent from the meeting, the council […]
Carefully chosen words, tedious negotiations, lines in the sand. At stake: the continued release of the greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change. But this isn’t diplomacy at the United Nations we’re talking about, it’s San Diego politicians struggling to work together to buy and sell green energy. Last fall, the city of San […]
SCV Water Agency officials are expected to begin testing their wells for smaller amounts of a non-stick chemical suspected of being carcinogenic, after state officials announced Friday they were lowering the allowable levels set for that chemical. Over the last few months, the State Water Resources Control Board has been trying to figure out what […]
CWA Pipeline Repairs Completed Under Budget
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Fallbrook and Bonsall Village Newsby Joe Naiman Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority repairs to Pipeline 5 were completed under budget. The SDCWA board approved a notice of completion July 25, which releases the remaining funds to the contractor. Although J.F. Shea Construction, Inc., bid the project at $25,304,375, the Walnut-based company was able to work with CWA staff to reduce the […]
City Approves Framework For Potential Water Transfer Agreement With SMWD
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Capistrano Dispatch (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)by Shawn RaymundoThe city’s plans to annex its utilities department took another step forward Tuesday, Aug. 20, as councilmembers approved a framework that will be the basis for a potential agreement to have Santa Margarita Water District take over water and sewer services in San Juan Capistrano. With Councilmember Derek Reeve absent from the meeting, the council […]
Local Concerns Are Threatening San Diego’s Global Climate Priorities
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityCarefully chosen words, tedious negotiations, lines in the sand. At stake: the continued release of the greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change. But this isn’t diplomacy at the United Nations we’re talking about, it’s San Diego politicians struggling to work together to buy and sell green energy. Last fall, the city of San […]
State Tightens Contamination Levels; SCV Water Sets Up Testing
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Santa Clarita Valley Signalby Jim HoltSCV Water Agency officials are expected to begin testing their wells for smaller amounts of a non-stick chemical suspected of being carcinogenic, after state officials announced Friday they were lowering the allowable levels set for that chemical. Over the last few months, the State Water Resources Control Board has been trying to figure out what […]