Nearly 25 years after first detecting problems with local groundwater supplies, city officials broke ground Wednesday on the $66.3 million North Pleasant Valley Groundwater Desalter. Set to be completed in late 2021, the facility will include a treatment plant, three monitoring wells and 2,000 feet of pipeline on 5 acres of currently vacant land near […]
Pete Beauregard squints in the morning sun as he thinks back to October 22, 2007. “That wind hit us at about 120 mph, wind with fire,” he said. “It came head on and it was like a blow torch, it just cut everything to the ground.” He’s talking about the Witch Creek Fire, which engulfed […]
Locally-roasted coffee and home brewed beer made with purified recycled water from the City of San Diego’s Pure Water Demonstration Facility was showcased Sept. 10 in San Diego during two special events at the 34th annual WateReuse Symposium. Pure Water San Diego presented two events featuring beverages made with a key ingredient: purified recycled water. In the afternoon, […]
The Orange County Water District (OCWD; the District) Board of Directors voted to award the contract to construct the 30 million gallon per day (MGD) Final Expansion of the world-renowned Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) to Shimmick Construction Company, Inc. The overall project cost is $310 million with the construction portion being approximately $200 million. The […]
City Breaks Ground On Water Desalter
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Camarillo Acorn by Hector GonzalezNearly 25 years after first detecting problems with local groundwater supplies, city officials broke ground Wednesday on the $66.3 million North Pleasant Valley Groundwater Desalter. Set to be completed in late 2021, the facility will include a treatment plant, three monitoring wells and 2,000 feet of pipeline on 5 acres of currently vacant land near […]
San Diego’s Climate Crisis: The Risks And Costs Of Living In The Backcountry
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBSby Claire TrageserPete Beauregard squints in the morning sun as he thinks back to October 22, 2007. “That wind hit us at about 120 mph, wind with fire,” he said. “It came head on and it was like a blow torch, it just cut everything to the ground.” He’s talking about the Witch Creek Fire, which engulfed […]
WateReuse Symposium Showcases City of San Diego’s Pure Water
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News NetworkLocally-roasted coffee and home brewed beer made with purified recycled water from the City of San Diego’s Pure Water Demonstration Facility was showcased Sept. 10 in San Diego during two special events at the 34th annual WateReuse Symposium. Pure Water San Diego presented two events featuring beverages made with a key ingredient: purified recycled water. In the afternoon, […]
OCWD Greenlights Final Phase Of Groundwater Replenishment System
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /CWEA (Oakland, Calif.)The Orange County Water District (OCWD; the District) Board of Directors voted to award the contract to construct the 30 million gallon per day (MGD) Final Expansion of the world-renowned Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) to Shimmick Construction Company, Inc. The overall project cost is $310 million with the construction portion being approximately $200 million. The […]