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

January 5, 2009

San Diego Union-Tribune

California's avocado growers expect meager harvest this year
By: Leslie Berestein

There are good years and bad years in avocado farming.

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Long Beach Press-Telegram

Editorial: 2008 was California's wake-up call
By: Dan Walters

2008 was a year that most Californians - and especially those in elected office - would wish never happened, a year of severe economic decline that pushed hundreds of thousands onto unemployment rolls, and a year of monumental, ever-growing and intransigent budget deficits.

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Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Test of snow pack shows some improvement in water supply
By: Rebecca Kimitch

California's mountains from south to north may be capped with beautiful white snow, but so far it's looking like the state will face its third dry year in a row.

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Visalia Times-Delta

On the surface, Ag doesn't pollute water
By: Don Curlee

A recent study of water quality by resource economists at the University of California indicates that agriculture doesn't deserve its bad rap for contaminating surface water.

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