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A multi-agency agreement offers a hopeful moment for groundwater.
Local Spin | Opinion

A multi-agency agreement offers a hopeful moment for groundwater.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Dec 4, 2025

For all the years of hydrological studies and analysis of water supply, it sometimes feels like we are still in a world of magical thinking as…

The CPUC approves current water supply and future demand, clearing the way for desal plant.
News

The CPUC approves current water supply and future demand, clearing the way for desal plant.

  • David Schmalz
  • Aug 14, 2025

After months of delay, the California Public Utilities Commission, the state’s regulator of private utilities, finally voted on Thursday, Aug.…

Letters to the Editor 07.03.25
Letters | Opinion

Letters to the Editor 07.03.25

  • Jul 3, 2025

Trimming Trouble

How much water will we need by 2050?
Opinion

How much water will we need by 2050?

  • David Schmalz
  • Jun 11, 2025

David Schmalz here. Having reported on water on the Monterey Peninsula for the better part of the last decade, it’s remarkable to reflect on w…

MPWMD hires first-ever assistant general manager.
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MPWMD hires first-ever assistant general manager.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 17, 2025

The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District announced today, March 17, that Mike McCullough is coming on as assistant general manager, a …

A community meeting paid for by Cal Am draws angry residents upset over a desal plan.
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A community meeting paid for by Cal Am draws angry residents upset over a desal plan.

  • Pam Marino
  • Mar 8, 2025

Pam Marino here. Like many of you, when I get out of bed in the morning I’m thirsty, so I turn on the tap and help myself to a glass of water.…

Letters to the Editor 02.20.25
Letters | Opinion

Letters to the Editor 02.20.25

  • Feb 20, 2025

Take the Lead

Cal Am’s outsized water demand projections could prove profitable for the utility at the expense of ratepayers.
Opinion

Cal Am’s outsized water demand projections could prove profitable for the utility at the expense of ratepayers.

  • David Schmalz
  • Oct 25, 2024

David Schmalz here. There’s a lot going on in the world right now, and in the chaos it can be hard to focus on the brass tacks. 

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Best Agriculture Business Association (2024)

  • Oct 3, 2024

Monterey County Farm Bureau

An audit finds that Monterey One Water overcharged the Monterey County Water Resources Agency.
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An audit finds that Monterey One Water overcharged the Monterey County Water Resources Agency.

  • David Schmalz
  • Aug 12, 2024

David Schmalz here. I’ve never much liked the term “Lettuce Curtain,” the oft-used metaphor to describe the divide between the Salinas Valley …

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