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

July 31, 2009

San Diego Union-Tribune

WWII plane's number doesn't match records
By: Ed Zieralski

SOUTH COUNTY — Here's another mystery surrounding that World War II Navy plane found by bass angler Duane Johnson on his fish finder back in February.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Tunnel under delta could be alternative to canal
By: Michael Gardner

SACRAMENTO – A possible answer to Southern California's water-delivery woes has emerged right underfoot, literally.

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10News.com

Main Break Leaves City Heights Residents Without Water

SAN DIEGO -- A water-main break left homes and businesses in a City Heights neighborhood without functional plumbing for hours Thursday.

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Mission Times Courier

Q&A: Investigating Reported Water Waste
By: Luis Generoso

With the Mayor and City Council's declaration of a Level 2 Water Emergency, mandatory water use restrictions have been in effect since June 1st.

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KPBS News

UCSD Nets $11 Million for Energy Project
By: Ed Joyce

UC San Diego is getting $11 million in incentives from California's Self-Generation Incentive Program for the installation of an innovative fuel cell energy generation and storage system on the La Jolla campus.

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North County Times

ENCINITAS: Officials warn of water district employee ruse

ENCINITAS ---- Officials are warning of a ruse in which crooks try to get into a home by claiming to be water district employees.

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Fallbrook-Bonsall Village News

RWQCB postpones Gregory Canyon permit hearing indefinitely
By: Joe Naiman

The Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) had been scheduled to consider the issuance of a waste discharge permit for the proposed Gregory Canyon landfill during an August 12 hearing, but that hearing has been postponed indefinitely.

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Chico Enterprise-Record

Editorial: People deserve facts from DWR

Our view: The Department of Water Resources failed to communicate effectively with the public after an accident at Oroville Dam.

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Business Wire

Another Southern California Desalination Project Receives Final Approval

West Basin Municipal Water District’s Ocean-Water Desalination Demonstration Project has received all regulatory approvals needed to move forward with construction next year.

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Lake County News

State lists local water systems vulnerable to drought

SACRAMENTO – The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released a list of small water systems that are vulnerable to drought which includes four systems in Lake County, as well as several systems in neighboring counties.

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The Fresno Bee

$9.5m in water aid flowing to Valley
By: Robert Rodriguez

The Westlands Water District, where farmers have struggled because of a water shortage, is receiving a $9.5 million boost from the federal government to help it increase water efficiency and stretch its supply.

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Miller-McCune

Drought-Proofing California by 2020
By: Melinda Burns

California lawmakers are working on a historic plan — the first of its kind in the United States — to require a 20 percent reduction in per-capita urban water use by the year 2020.

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Associated Press

Fed grant funds to ease Calif. water shortages
By: Garance Burke

FRESNO, Calif. — Federal agencies have pledged to send nearly $60 million in grants to help California communities, farms and dairies suffering from ongoing water shortages.

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Water World

NPDES overview course for permitees now available on-line

EPA is now offering segments of its very popular "NPDES Permit Writers' Course" on line.

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