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SLO water rates to rise again

Written on 4 Jun, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 33 comments

OPINION By RICHARD SCHMIDT In San Luis Obispo, we know it’s June when the city council votes to increase residential water and sewer fees. This annual ritual is as dependable as the swallows’ return to San Juan Capistrano. The only... (Continue reading)

Nipomo board votes to borrow $4 million for pipeline

Written on 11 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Nipomo Community Services District Board members voted unanimously for a plan to borrow an additional $4 million for the construction of a water pipeline from Santa Maria, shortly after a lawsuit was filed contesting drawing the money from a reserve... (Continue reading)

Proposed pipeline to link San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties

Written on 2 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Lake Nacimiento water management officials want to construct a pipeline to divert extra water to Monterey County. [MontereyCountyWeekly] Nacimiento Lake fills up three times faster than Lake San Antonio, located a few miles to its north in Monterey County. During... (Continue reading)

Coincidence? You be the judge

Written on 26 Mar, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

OPINION By LIN HILL Oceano Community Services District General Manager Thomas Geaslen appeared on the March 6 episode of Charter California Edition. Hosted by attorney Brad Pomerance, this show broadcasts locally on cable channel 41 and statewide on the California... (Continue reading)

Oceano’s unapproved water sale pursuit

Written on 11 Feb, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 41 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER We are all aware of the decade’s long water shortage in Nipomo. For years the community has struggled with basin management, litigation and rising costs, a plight that will continue into the future. In November the... (Continue reading)

Price Canyon debate continues in Pismo Beach

Written on 5 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

People for and against the Spanish Springs development are talking about potential transformations to the community if the Pismo Beach project proposal successfully finds its way through the process. Both sides have made claims. Proponents and city staff have been... (Continue reading)

Southern California embracing water desalination

Written on 3 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A Southern California water agency approved a contract Thursday to buy the entire output of what would be the Western Hemisphere’s largest seawater desalination plant, clearing the way for construction to begin early next year. [TimesUnion] The San Diego County... (Continue reading)

Lawsuit challenges Paso Robles groundwater ordinance

Written on 19 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

ANNOUNCEMENT By STEVE HOCH On behalf of a group of concerned landowners in Paso Robles, the Los Angeles based firm of Morris Polich & Purdy LLP (MPP) filed a lawsuit in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court on October 30.... (Continue reading)

Price Canyon development agreement gains approval

Written on 14 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The Pismo Beach Planning Commission voted 3-2 to approve a development agreement with the owners of a Price Canyon development which allows a greater degree of certainty that the project will move forward. Approval of the development agreement requires city... (Continue reading)

Higher water fees set for Paso Robles

Written on 29 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Paso Robles’ steadily rising water rates are set to spurt again. Under a “user pay” formula, the new increases, scheduled to begin Jan. 1, will apply only to higher uses of water, according to a statement issued by the city’s... (Continue reading)