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This database contains press and video clips on water issues of interest to the San Diego County Water Authority.

August 31, 2008

San Diego Union-Tribune

San Vee overflows with fond memories
By: Ed Zieralski

To those who know it intimately, it's always been San Vee, not San Vicente Reservoir, but a lake filled with memories.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Garden sensations
Experience plants with all your senses
By: Nzong Xiong

Ever smell a flower and know you'll never forget its heady fragrance?

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Dorcas Utter Sensory Garden a feel-good place
By: Mary James

The Dorcas Utter Sensory Garden at The Water Conservation Garden honors a dedicated volunteer and docent who lost her vision late in life.

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North County Times

Gregory Canyon court fight continues
October hearing could bring project a step closer to reality
By: Tom Pfingsten

FALLBROOK ---- The court battle over the proposed Gregory Canyon landfill is poised to take yet another turn in October, when a judge holds a hearing to decide whether the project gets a crucial green light or not.

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Imperial Valley Press

Voice: Unity needed on Salton Sea issue
By: Malissa Hathaway McKeith, Citizens United for Resources and the Environment, Inc., La Quinta

Several recent articles discussed the fight between farmers and IID over who controls the water.

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Arizona Republic

Arizona mulls new water source: Ocean
Mexican city considers desalination plant; U.S. partnership a possibility
By: Shaun McKinnon

The water for Arizona's future needs may lie off the coast of a popular Mexican resort, in the Gulf of California.

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Associated Press

Rainwater collectors work to ease shortages
By: Malia Wollan

SAN FRANCISCO — Tara Hui climbed under her deck, nudged past a cluster of 55-gallon barrels and a roosting chicken, and pointed to a shiny metal gutter spout.

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