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This database contains press and video clips on water issues of interest to the San Diego County Water Authority.
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September 30, 2009 |
Imperial Valley Press IID approves initial financing measures for water transfer to San Diego County, Coachella Valley water authorities The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors voted 3-2 Tuesday to finance $284 million to pay for water conservation measures to comply with the various requirements of the Quantification Settlement Agreement. See full story. |
Voice of San Diego City Issuing Water Use Fines The city of San Diego is issuing its first three $100 fines today to people who've repeatedly violated water-use restrictions that went into effect in June. See full story. |
North County Times Residents unhappy with proposed water rate hike A public forum Tuesday on a proposal to raise Oceanside water and sewer rates turned into a pointed critique of the regional agency that supplies most of Southern California's water. See full story. |
North County Times REGION: Metropolitan Water District says pension hike on track Metropolitan Water District, Southern California's main water supplier, said Tuesday it expects to adopt a controversial new labor agreement at the district's Oct. 13 meeting. See full story. |
Calpensions.com Met’s retiree health plan: too big to last? A giant Southern California water agency’s controversial plan to increase pension benefits also would take a “groundbreaking” step toward paying for future retiree health care — an estimated $118 billion problem for state and local governments. See full story. |
OC Register Legal trouble may loom if Metropolitan water board rejects new contracts Yes, the independent actuary said. See full story. |
OC Register Metropolitan Water District’s official recap of contract workshop: All’s well! Shortly after the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California wrapped up its hours-long meeting on proposed new employee contracts this afternoon, it issued an upbeat press release - which focused on different things than we did in our report on the meeting. See full story. |
OC Register Initiative to shrink California’s employee pensions gains steam from public outrage Coming, most likely, to a ballot box near you in 2010: The Public Employee Benefits Reform Initiative, whose time may have finally come. See full story. |
North County Times Letters to the Editor "Paying $100 more a month for water" and "Price to pay for covering reservoirs." See full story. |
Voice of San Diego The Airport Authority's Fashionable Makeover The woman walks through San Diego's airport with purpose in her high heels, her rolling luggage trailing behind. She strides, pauses, smiles as she checks her cell phone. See full story. |
San Diego News Network San Diego water use dropped 11.3 percent citywide in August Water use was down 11.3 percent citywide in August, compared to the same month last year, as San Diegans largely complied with mandatory restrictions, Mayor Jerry Sanders announced Tuesday. See full story. |
San Diego Newsroom Despite hot August, water use down again After implementing mandatory water restrictions earlier this summer, the city’s wide scale conservation efforts seem to working. See full story. |
San Diego 6 – CW San Diego Water Use Down from Last Year SAN DIEGO - Water use was down 11.3 percent citywide in August, compared to the same month last year, as San Diegans largely complied with mandatory restrictions, Mayor Jerry Sanders announced on Tuesday. See full story. |
San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial: Close the deal The Legislature is in danger of losing precious momentum toward a deal that would allow lawmakers to close out an otherwise unproductive year with a historic pact — a package of desperately needed water system reforms that have eluded California for decades. See full story. |
North County Times OUR VIEW: Special session needed to finish deal California's future was potentially left in jeopardy earlier this month with the failure of lawmakers to reach agreement on a package of measures that would ensure a more reliable water supply to the state's Central Valley and Southland industries, businesses and residents. See full story. |
San Jose Mercury News Bay-Delta to get renewed attention from Obama administration In her first remarks in California, the Obama administration's top environmental regulator put San Francisco Bay and its delta on a short list of nationally important waterways in need of restoration. See full story. |
Associated Press Officials called to conference on Calif. drought WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Wednesday urged California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to call state lawmakers into a special session to deal with the state's water crisis. See full story. |
San Francisco Chronicle Deal to raze 4 Klamath dams In what is being touted as the world's biggest dam-removal project, an agreement was reached Tuesday to remove four dams on the Klamath River and restore a 300-mile migratory route for California's beleaguered salmon. See full story. |
Los Angeles Daily News Editorial: Water defiance: Let Los Angeles' lawns be lush LAST week, Valley Councilman Greig Smith announced that he was intentionally violating the city's strict twice-a-week lawn sprinkling rules. See full story. |
KPBS News Is Bottled Water Any Better Than Tap Water? This summer before it went into recess, a congressional subcommittee held a hearing titled “Regulation of Bottled Water.” See full story. |
New York Times Alternative Energy Projects Stumble on a Need for Water AMARGOSA VALLEY, Nev. — In a rural corner of Nevada reeling from the recession, a bit of salvation seemed to arrive last year. A German developer, Solar Millennium, announced plans to build two large solar farms here that would harness the sun to generate electricity, creating hundreds of jobs. See full story. |