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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 14, 2010

KPBS News

Judge’s Ruling Could Limit San Diego’s Water Supply

About one-quarter of San Diego County's water supply could be affected by a court ruling. A California judge in Sacramento Thursday invalidated a landmark pact to curtail the state's overuse of water.

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Voice of San Diego

Looking at 2010: Carl DeMaio's Ambition
By: Scott Lewis

The day San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio was elected, I warned that he could either become a leader unlike any we'd seen in town, or he could fail politically, in the way the former city attorney, Mike Aguirre, did.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Quick take: La Mesa stays in-house to appoint city manager
By: Michele Clock

LA MESA: A new city manager has been named for La Mesa.

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San Diego News Network

Opinion: Desalination should be a last resort in our water portfolio
By: Bruce Reznik

Environmental groups challenging the Carlsbad Desalination Plant have recently come under attack for deeply scrutinizing the project, proposed as the region’s most expensive and energy intensive water supply option.

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Ramona Sentinel

Water conservation rebates available

Residential water conservation rebates are still available, but rebates for commercial conservation is limited.

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Bloomberg

Arizona, Chicago Sales Show Insurance Demand Persists (Update 1)
By: Jeremy R. Cooke

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Municipal debt sales this week by Arizona and Chicago show demand for bond insurance persists, even after the percentage of the market to carry such guarantees plummeted to below 10 percent last year.

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OC Register

Water war: Southern rebels to hire $49,000 consultant for divorce
By: Teri Sforza

The rebels in Orange County’s Water War - which threatens to cleave the county in two and cost more than $1 million - are hiring a consultant to prepare a “detachment application,” which could allow them to split from their northern neighbors and form their own water-importing authority.

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Pasadena Star-News

Congressional panel coming to LA to discuss water crisis

Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-Santa Fe Springs, will hold a rare congressional hearing on the state's water crisis in Los Angeles Jan. 25, she announced Wednesday.

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Bakersfield Californian

Valley leaders demand explanation for feds' water turnabout
By: Lois Henry

Looks like the so-called "two gates" project is all but dead.

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Fresno Bee

Feds' delay of delta plan questioned
By: Robert Rodriguez

Farmers and water district officials are disappointed that the federal government has put on hold a plan to protect threatened fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

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The Associated Press

Project to place fish-saving gates in delta stalls

FRESNO, Calif.—A plan to place two removable gates in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to keep threatened fish from getting killed by water pumps has been put off—indefinitely.

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