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

August 31, 2009

San Diego Union-Tribune

Obituary: Nora Jaeschke; property-management leader, staunch water conservationist By: Blanca Gonzalez

When Nora Jaeschke lost her part-time job at a homeowners association management company in 1971, she started a business so she could help three landscapers who had also been laid off by the company.

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Sacramento Bee

Delta levee projects must now prepare for rising sea level By: Matt Weiser

Levee projects in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta will have to account for rising sea levels under a new federal policy aimed at shoring up the region's main line of defense against climate change.

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New York Times

Los Angeles Tackles Water Waste, Mostly By: Kate Galbraith

Los Angeles managed to cut water use by 17 percent in July compared with a year earlier, according to an announcement last week by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

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Central Valley Business Times

Nation’s largest ‘green jobs’ training program launched in California

The state of California says more than 20,000 residents are expected to be trained for jobs in “green” industries under a new $75 million program dubbed the “Clean Energy Workforce Training Program.”

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