Water

Environment

San Diego Water Rate Dispute Continues, Expected To Go To California Supreme Court

City News Service

Damages awarded to the San Diego County Water Authority in a long-running legal dispute over rates need to be recalculated, a panel of state appellate justices ruled Wednesday. Experts expect both sides to take the case to the state Supreme Court.
KPBS Midday Edition

Community To Weigh In On 10-Year Salton Sea Management Plan

Alison St John

Brooke Ruth

The sea is the state's largest lake and is located in Imperial and Riverside counties. The lake is shrinking and thus exposing playa or lakebed, which becomes airborne dust when the wind blows.
Public Safety

Roundtable: No Special Election, Toxic Plume In El Cajon, Driving Stoned

Pat Finn

Mark Sauer

There will be no special election for the city of San Diego this November. Probably. A plume of toxic contaminants lurks under El Cajon. And how can we tell who is driving while high?
Environment

State Orders Inspections At Aging Dams After Crisis

The Associated Press

California is ordering immediate spillway inspections at about 70 aging dams that it believes might not be sound enough to protect downstream communities in a flood.
KPBS Evening Edition

Drinking Water Along The US-Mexico Border Threatened By Global Warming

Daniel Salinas

Global warming looms large in the Southwest as rising temperatures threaten to diminish already scarce water supplies.
Health

Tijuana's Sewage System Needs Major Upgrades

Erik Anderson

Environmental Protection Agency officials estimate the Tijuana sewage system needs $400 million in improvements and repairs to handle the sewage flow created in the city.
KPBS Midday Edition

Roundtable: Climate Action, Border Sewage, SoccerCity Secrets, Gang Database

Pat Finn

Mark Sauer

The U.S. may have withdrawn from the Paris climate deal, but not California. Raw sewage from Tijuana is fouling San Diego waters. San Diego Mayor Faulconer met privately with SoccerCity investors. California's gang database is flawed.
Environment

Federal Officials Discuss Cross-Border Sewage Spills At Public Hearing

Erik Anderson

Officials will present their investigation into this year's massive cross-border sewage spills at a hearing in Imperial Beach Thursday night.
Environment

County Officials Propose Increase In Water Rates

City News Service

The San Diego County Water Authority announced Thursday that staff is recommending a 3.7 percent hike in the amount of money local cities and districts pay for water in the 2018 calendar year.
Environment

State Appeals Court Hears San Diego Water Dispute

Erik Anderson

Water rate dispute has San Diego and Los Angeles water managers back in court, arguing over millions of dollars.