The Cabazon and Twenty-Nine Palms tribes have joined together to create an air-quality monitoring station in Indio to keep residents better informed about their health. Air quality is a concern in the Coachella Valley, where high levels of smog from Los Angeles hovers and toxic dust rises from the nearby Salton Sea as the water recedes. For the tribes, that […]
After nearly two hours of contentious debate, the Imperial Irrigation District board voted unanimously July 9 on a hybrid plan to lower payments made to farmers for their on-farm conservation program. The purpose for conserving water was not necessarily the drought conditions of the past two decades, but the 2003 QSA in which the San […]
What are the likely effects of global climate change (GCC) around the world, across the United States, and within the San Diego region? Is where you live in any danger? Is there evidence that GCC is already affecting the San Diego region? What steps should we be taking? Professor Emeritus Phil Pryde first started teaching […]
The San Diego County Water Authority approved a water rate increase for calendar year 2020 purchases by SDCWA member agencies. The new rates approved by the water authority board June 27 will increase the cost per acre-foot on a countywide basis from $1,617 to $1,686 for treated water and from $1,341 to $1,406 for untreated […]
Cabazon, Twenty-Nine Palms Tribes Create Air Quality Monitoring Station In Indio
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Desert Sunby Risa JohnsonThe Cabazon and Twenty-Nine Palms tribes have joined together to create an air-quality monitoring station in Indio to keep residents better informed about their health. Air quality is a concern in the Coachella Valley, where high levels of smog from Los Angeles hovers and toxic dust rises from the nearby Salton Sea as the water recedes. For the tribes, that […]
IID Votes To Lower Conserved Water Payments To Farmers
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Reviewby Betty Miller Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityAfter nearly two hours of contentious debate, the Imperial Irrigation District board voted unanimously July 9 on a hybrid plan to lower payments made to farmers for their on-farm conservation program. The purpose for conserving water was not necessarily the drought conditions of the past two decades, but the 2003 QSA in which the San […]
SDRVC Climate Change, San Diego, and You
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Dieguto River Valley Conservatory Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityWhat are the likely effects of global climate change (GCC) around the world, across the United States, and within the San Diego region? Is where you live in any danger? Is there evidence that GCC is already affecting the San Diego region? What steps should we be taking? Professor Emeritus Phil Pryde first started teaching […]
Agency Approves Rate Increase In Coming Year
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Alpine Sun (Alpine, Calif.)by Joe Naiman Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority approved a water rate increase for calendar year 2020 purchases by SDCWA member agencies. The new rates approved by the water authority board June 27 will increase the cost per acre-foot on a countywide basis from $1,617 to $1,686 for treated water and from $1,341 to $1,406 for untreated […]