Excess flow down the Carmel River during the recent winter storms provided the third best year ever for capturing and storing water into the Seaside Basin, an important part of ensuring Monterey Peninsula water needs are met. California American Water Co. and the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District worked in tandem to capture 495 million gallons and inject that water into the Seaside Underground Basin as a type of water savings account for future dry years.
Cal Am wants references to desal struck from CPUC hearing montereyherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from montereyherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Roughly a half-dozen agencies, governments and a nonprofit group have filed briefs with a state regulator that could determine whether or not California American Water Co. gets the OK for its years-long effort to build a desalination plant on the Monterey Peninsula.
The Marina Coast Water District board of directors approved an increase on April 22 but has to hold a special meeting Monday to correct errors in what it calls its 2024 Five-Year Rate Study. It also approved a Proposition 218 mailing, which requires special districts in California to send out notices to every property owner within the district service area notifying them of a rate change and allowing them to protest the change.
Cal Am fires a legal salvo at the Monterey Peninsula water district montereyherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from montereyherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.