You know water is a valuable resource when the fight shifts to wastewater. Here's a look at the Weekly's coverage related to the Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project, which delivers recycled water via a noticeable purple pipe in North County to 12,000 acres of farmland for irrigation. The latest is a regional discussing of expanding the recycled water supply and delivery out of the water treatment plant in Marina, which has officials from the Monterey Peninsula and the Salinas Valley in tense closed-door negotiations.
Weather like this can almost make you forget there's a serious water supply problem around here.
Six government boards, six approvals. That's remarkable consensus in the realm of local government—particularly when it comes to water.
California water politics get murky fast, especially when stakeholders are fighting for pristine waters. A sign of the drought-ridden times: N…
It's easy to experience a sense of deja vu when it comes to Monterey County politics. The issues have a way of repeating themselves.
Are Monterey Peninsula residents ready to drink toilet water?
One city’s sewage may be another’s savior. At least, that’s one way of looking at the math behind toilet and bathtub drainage in Salinas, wher…
Last time local water leaders tried to penetrate the Lettuce Curtain known to divide Monterey Peninsula and Salinas Valley interests, they hir…
Monterey County already has enough water agencies to drown in. Each one is neck-deep in legal and technical issues few can understand, but man…
The line between the Monterey Peninsula and the Salinas Valley hardened considerably Monday night, when the Monterey Regional Water Pollution …
A fter only its second summer in operation, the Salinas River’s rubber dam needs emergency repairs due to erosion of the river bottom. The $1…
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