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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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January 12, 2010 |
San Diego Union-Tribune Artificial turf, but real savings CORONADO — Call it a sign of the times — Coronado lawn bowling is going green. See full story. |
San Diego Union-Tribune Colleges offer more green-themed classes Driven by economics and altruism, America’s colleges are rapidly adding environmentally themed classes and students are flocking to them at what university officials call a brisk pace. See full story. |
San Diego News Network Opinion: Extremists need to end their tactics to stall the desal plant As 2009 ended, the latest attempt to derail the Carlsbad Desalination Plant was rejected by the California Coastal Commission. See full story. |
KPBS News Carlsbad Group Opposes Encina Power Plant Expansion The operators of the Encina Power Plant in Carlsbad want to modernize the facility, but a group of Carlsbad residents is against the project. See full story. |
North County Times REGION: Eastern customers to pay more for water For the third time in a little more than a year, the 580,000 people who get their drinking and irrigation water from Eastern Municipal Water District ---- including 140,000 in Southwest County ---- are going to see their utility bills rise because rates are going up next month. See full story. |
North County Times Letters to the Editor: Is everyone crazy? Is everyone in local government crazy? See full story. |
Imperial Valley Press Editorial: Whose definition of green? When is green not green enough? Well, a better way to frame the question might be, “How green is your building code?” See full story. |
Los Angeles Times FACT CHECK: Schwarzenegger presides over same dealmaking for which he lampoons Neb. Senator SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a widely reported national interview over the weekend, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson by saying the Democrat withheld his vote on health care legislation to get more money for his state. See full story. |
Los Angeles Times Gardening with the California natives After several days without rain, and with the thermometer dancing near 80, I finally surrendered. See full story. |
Sacramento Bee Experts still expect El Nino to unleash wet weather El Niño was predicted to dominate the weather this winter. But a look out the window suggests that forecast has fizzled. See full story. |
Sacramento Bee Wolk, Wiggins lose big in committee shake-up Sen. Lois Wolk, wasn't shy about her disdain for the water package passed last fall -- or Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg's role in crafting the agreement. See full story. |
High Country News Breakdown: 'The Cadillac of California irrigation districts' has more than a tiny fish to blame for its troubles On Sept. 17 of last year, the famously hypertensive right-wing Fox News commentator Sean Hannity rolled into the West Side of the San Joaquin Valley, satellite truck in tow. See full story. |
San Jose Mercury News Deal struck to tear down 106-foot dam; would be largest dam removal in California In what could be the largest dam removal project ever completed in California, government officials and a Monterey water company on Monday agreed to tear down the 106-foot-tall San Clemente Dam. See full story. |
The Associated Press Will drilling more wells in California help or hurt? DOS PALOS, Calif. — The government is spending $40 million in federal stimulus funds to pull water from underground aquifers in drought-stricken California, even as evidence is growing that the well-drilling boom could degrade the quality of water delivered to millions of residents. See full story. |
Grist.org ‘Water’ author Stephen Solomon talks resource intelligence Author Stephen Solomon recently suggested we need an “Al Gore of water”—a public champion to raise the profile of water scarcity threats and opportunities, as Gore has done for climate change. See full story. |