Escondido Water employee Joseph Lucero won an award from the California Water Environmental Association for his innovative device that improved efficiencies and safety at the City of Escondido’s Hale Avenue Resource Recovery Facility. City of Escondido Plant Maintenance Technician Joseph Lucero won third place in the “Gimmicks/Gadgets” category in the 2019 California Water Environmental Association Awards […]
Carlsbad residents Melanie and Bob Buck were honored as the 2019 WaterSmart Landscape Contest winners by the Olivenhain Municipal Water District during its July 24 board meeting. Melanie Buck worked to transform her landscape from large grassy areas and pine trees into a colorful, waterwise landscape design. The landscape now requires less than half of the […]
Interim funding for the East County Advanced Water Purification Program has been approved by the San Diego County Sanitation District. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors board members are also the board members of the San Diego County Sanitation District, and on July 10 the county supervisors voted 5-0 to authorize the sanitation district’s […]
The deal had been touted as a win for aggrieved L.A. ratepayers who had been hit with grossly inflated bills from the Department of Water and Power: A settlement of a class-action lawsuit that would provide refunds or credits for 100% of what they were wrongly charged, according to the utility. One of the attorneys […]
Escondido Water Employee Wins Award For Invention
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Daily Times-Advocate (Escondido, Calif.) Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityEscondido Water employee Joseph Lucero won an award from the California Water Environmental Association for his innovative device that improved efficiencies and safety at the City of Escondido’s Hale Avenue Resource Recovery Facility. City of Escondido Plant Maintenance Technician Joseph Lucero won third place in the “Gimmicks/Gadgets” category in the 2019 California Water Environmental Association Awards […]
Colorful Carlsbad Water-Efficient Garden Wins Olivenhain MWD 2019 Landscape Contest
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News NetworkCarlsbad residents Melanie and Bob Buck were honored as the 2019 WaterSmart Landscape Contest winners by the Olivenhain Municipal Water District during its July 24 board meeting. Melanie Buck worked to transform her landscape from large grassy areas and pine trees into a colorful, waterwise landscape design. The landscape now requires less than half of the […]
County Makes Money Available For Purified Water
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Alpine Sun (Alpine, Calif.)by Joe NaimanInterim funding for the East County Advanced Water Purification Program has been approved by the San Diego County Sanitation District. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors board members are also the board members of the San Diego County Sanitation District, and on July 10 the county supervisors voted 5-0 to authorize the sanitation district’s […]
Overcharged DWP Customers Could Get An Additional $50 Million In Refunds, New Lawyers Say
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Emily Alpert Reyes, Dakota SmithThe deal had been touted as a win for aggrieved L.A. ratepayers who had been hit with grossly inflated bills from the Department of Water and Power: A settlement of a class-action lawsuit that would provide refunds or credits for 100% of what they were wrongly charged, according to the utility. One of the attorneys […]