San Diego regional water news roundup Aug 23-31, 2011
Posted by George J Janczyn on September 1, 2011
( Selected regional water news reports. Click headlines to read.)
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Carlsbad debates agreement over Poseidon’s desalination plant / KPBS : “Carlsbad is the last of nine San Diego cities to reach agreement with the County Water Authority (CWA) on a complicated deal to subsidize the desalination plant.” |
Imperial Irrigation District board to discuss QSA issues, and cross-border power line / Imperial Valley Press : “…the board will look into a scope of work and timeline for hiring water lawyer Charles DuMars to help come up with a “Plan B” for the Quantification Settlement Agreement…” |
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OCEANSIDE: City moves to expand local water supply / North County Times : “Within the next month, the city will start construction on a new pumping station that will boost the amount of locally produced water to as much as 24 percent.” |
San Vicente Dam raise halfway done / San Diego Source : “The dam raise is included in the fourth phase of a $1.5 billion overall storage project, which was designed to provide an insurance to the region of up to six months of stored water that can be tapped in the event of a natural disaster or severe drought.” |
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Restoration project changes look Of SD Bay / KGTV : “A massive San Diego Bay restoration project a decade in the making has reached a major milestone.” |
Public uproar halts water rate increase / SignOnSanDiego : “Conceding to heavy public pressure, the Sweetwater Authority water board backed off a plan Wednesday to impose a 2.5 percent rate hike on South County customers, leaving the agency with a $700,000 budget gap and opening the possibility for an even greater rate increase later.” |
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California desal plant irks enviros / High Country News : “…in the case of Poseidon’s Carlsbad plant, Surfrider argues use of open ocean cooling water intakes by power plants is an outdated technology.” |
Water use ticks up as officials craft supply, demand plans / SignOnSanDiego : “Regional consumption from January through July is down by about 13 percent compared to the same period in 2009, with an uptick of a half-percent over the same months last year. The increase over 2010 is tied to warmer weather this summer.” |
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La Jolla homes without water after main break / KGTV : “A water main broke Friday in La Jolla, leaving about 45 homes without water.” |
RMWD postpones public hearing on rates / Ramona Patch : “Clerical error causes 10,050 letters to be reissued to water district customers, pushing 45-day deadline to late October.” |
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Officials assess water contamination after sewage spill in Escondido, authorities say / North County Times : “Part of Cardiff State Beach remained closed Wednesday as authorities continued to monitor waterways contaminated earlier this week when more than 250,000 gallons of raw sewage leaked from a wastewater treatment plant in Escondido, officials said.” |
Draft environmental study for Salton Sea habitat released / Department of Water Resources : “California Natural Resources Agency announces release of draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Salton Sea Species Conservation Habitat Project.” |
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