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.
Poseidon’s Restoration Obligations On Deck At Coastal Commission Meeting
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Log (Fountain Valley)by Parimal M. RohitPoseidon Water might be fighting for its desalination future in Huntington Beach, but the corporation’s representatives will be in front of the California Coastal Commission for an entirely different matter on May 9: the restoration and conversion of a 90.9-acre salt pond to tidal wetlands and 34.6-acrer Otay River floodplain site in San Diego.
Permit Issued To Build Permanent Seawater Intake At Carlsbad Desalination Plant
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San DiegoThe San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board issued a permit Wednesday to develop and install permanent seawater intake and discharge facilities at the Claude “Bud” Lewis Desalination Plantin Carlsbad. The plant currently produces roughly 50 million gallons of potable water each day for use across San Diego County, but draws most of its water from […]
New Permit Fosters Sustainable Water Production At Carlsbad Desalination Plant
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News NetworkSan Diego regional water quality regulators today issued a permit for the installation of new, technologically advanced and environmentally sensitive seawater intake and discharge facilities at the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant. The plant and the new permit support Gov. Gavin Newsom’s April 29 executive order for California “to think differently and act boldly by developing […]
Group Seeks To Stop City From Using Chemical Herbicides
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Community Newsby Dave SchwabIt all began this February when Anne Jackson Hefti and friend Amy Ryan were walking their dogs in Sunset Cliffs Natural Park, and claim they were exposed to wind-drift toxic herbicide sprayed by workers there. “They were spraying in front of us and behind us and there were ‘No’ signs posted, and the area was […]