Surfrider: ocean waters just across San Diego county line dirtiest in 2012 survey
Dave Rice 12:38 p.m., May 21
Dave Rice 12:38 p.m., May 21
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Sidewalk makeover at College Blvd. and Alvarado Rd., at SDSU
College Avenue intersects with Alvarado Road. Where is this Boulevard of which you speak?— February 16, 2013 4:48 p.m.
Dam, Lakeside! San Vicente Reservoir Capacity to Double?
There's one word missing in the above phrase "storage for an additional 152,000 acre feet of water" -- and that is "emergency." The additional storage is intended to expand the county's emergency storage capacity in case of a disaster that cuts San Diego from imported supplies. It's not intended as an ongoing supply for those 300,000 homes.— September 18, 2012 9:57 a.m.
Could Imperial Valley Become Owens Valley?
We should keep in mind that creation of the Salton Sea as we know it is just the most recent time the Salton Sink has filled and evaporated due to the meandering Colorado River over the ages.— June 20, 2012 10:18 a.m.
Resident Accusing SDG&E Of Depleting Water Levels
According to Eric Symons, Supervising Public Information Officer at the Public Utilities Dept., SDG&E is paying $4.014 per HCF (748.05 gallons) plus a monthly meter charge (the temporary construction and irrigation meters rate). As for the use of recycled water, SDG&E initially began the permitting process for that in January but to date there are unfinished steps in the process vis-a-vis the Department of Public Health and the Regional Water Quality Control Board. It appears SDG&E chose to use potable water to avoid dealing with the recycled process or as a temporary measure until the recycled permit is obtained. It's not clear if the utility intends to complete the recycled permitting process. There also remains the question whether SDG&E has or needs a permit for the potable water filling station it constructed behind the shopping center.— September 29, 2011 1 p.m.
Resident Accusing SDG&E Of Depleting Water Levels
[please disregard this extra comment box, created by mistake]— September 29, 2011 2:48 a.m.
Resident Accusing SDG&E Of Depleting Water Levels
It's hard to believe that only now are councilmembers going to ask the mayor to look into this. Mr. Pilch has been trying to get everybody's attention for months via letters and phone calls to the mayor and city councilmembers. The U-T's Mike Lee first published a story about the situation last May: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/25/... More recently I published a followup report when SDG&E expanded water withdrawal operations significantly: http://groksurf.com/2011/09/22/san-diegos-water... The mayor and councilmembers should be embarrassed for having ignored or shelved Mr. Pilch's alerts to them over these last months.— September 29, 2011 2:44 a.m.
We Live in Fear
Re. second paragraph -- I'm pretty sure there's no wastewater from the Point Loma plant going to the North City reclamation plant. Untreated wastewater comes in from northern parts of the city through an 84 inch pipeline beneath the I-805 and feeds the North City reclamation plant.— July 28, 2010 3:24 p.m.
Runners' Velocity with Earth Spin, Wood Rings
Matt, about Running Man's observation that "the earth rotates east to west." Hmm. In that case, care to explain why the sun rises in the east?— July 23, 2010 10:08 a.m.
Jerry’s power play
I don't know where you got the 24 million gallon per day figure, but the city's website says the North City Water Reclamation Plant can produce up to 30 MGD (http://www.sandiego.gov/mwwd/facilities/northci...). Personally, I'd like to see lots of that unused capacity go towards the Indirect Potable Reuse Project (http://www.sandiego.gov/water/waterreusestudy/w...), which could convert up to 16 MGD of North City's reclaimed water into potable water if the demonstration project were to be successful and ultimately approved for production mode.— June 26, 2010 11:31 a.m.