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Morro Bay working to localize water supply

Written on 10 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

By John Lindt, publisher of Sierra 2 the Sea Morro Bay currently gets about 87 percent of its drinking water from the State Water Project, but now the city is looking to desalination and aquifer recharge to replace imported water.... (Continue reading)

SLO County presses on with Diablo desal plan

Written on 23 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to move ahead with plans to pipe water from the Diablo Canyon desalination plant to a South County water system. The board authorized spending $900,000 on project planning and... (Continue reading)

SLO County considering cloud seeding

Written on 24 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

At a hearing on water supply options for South County, a public works official said San Luis Obispo County staffers are looking into the possibility of increasing rainfall by cloud seeding. [Tribune] Cloud seeding is a type of weather modification... (Continue reading)

Is SLO seeking more development?

Written on 23 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The city of San Luis Obispo is seeking to significantly increase the amount of water it receives from Lake Nacimiento, prompting some to question whether city management is seeking more development. Last week, the San Luis Obispo City Council voted... (Continue reading)

Cambria is running out of time and money

Written on 15 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Cambria Community Services District has just two and a half months before it will begin operating in the red, according to the district’s latest projections. Cambria is currently strapped for cash as it tries to get... (Continue reading)

South County likely to get Diablo desal water

Written on 26 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors gave unanimous support Tuesday to a plan to pipe desalinated water from Diablo Canyon to South County homes. The board directed county staff to begin planning the construction of a seven-mile pipeline... (Continue reading)

Cambria emergency water project behind schedule

Written on 26 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The Cambria Community Services District did not meet its target date of earlier this week to launch its $9 million emergency water supply project. [Tribune] CSD workers are nearing completion of a water treatment plant and supply system that will... (Continue reading)

California nudists accused of stealing public water

Written on 15 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

Rangers for a Northern California open space district raided a nudist colony Thursday, accusing the residents of stealing water from a district waterfall. [Mercury News] Amid the current drought, the Lupin Lodge nudist camp, located near Los Gatos, has endured... (Continue reading)

Water rates hike in Cambria

Written on 1 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Water rates will effectively double in Cambria Monday, as utility users begin paying for an emergency water system. Previously, the average residential water bill in Cambria was $48.02. It is now $109.02 when the water system is in operation and... (Continue reading)

Leaks shut down Nacimiento Pipeline

Written on 15 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

San Luis Obispo County’s $176 million pipeline project is delivering no water to participating cities and communities and may not resume operation for weeks. [Tribune] The Nacimiento Pipeline, which delivers water to Atascadero, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo and parts... (Continue reading)