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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 25, 2010

San Diego Union-Tribune

Labor’s deals stir dust-up in construction
By: Helen Gao

Organized labor’s success in getting the San Diego Unified School District to grant union hiring preferences on $2.1 billion in construction projects last year has sparked a major counteroffensive from business interests that say it’s bad for taxpayers.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Short take: Regional water projects financed with bonds
By: Anne Kreuger

SAN DIEGO: Bonds worth $627 million were sold last week to finance the San Diego County Water Authority’s $3.77 billion capital improvement program.

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KPBS News

Cross-Border Researchers Look For Message In Bottles
By: Amy Isackson

Last week's storms drenched Tijuana and forced more than 160 people from their homes. But the rain has helped a group of researchers who want to extend the life of San Diego's Tijuana Estuary.

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North County Times

ECOLOGY: Saving delta is at core of new state water policy
By: Samantha Young (Associated Press)

It was just five years ago that fishing guide Bob Sparre had all the salmon he could handle.

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Sacramento Bee

Delta environmental review begins amid skepticism
By: Matt Weiser

A cold classroom was the venue for something momentous and obscure Sunday evening: 15 scientists gathered from around the country to help solve the Delta's environmental problems.

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Sacramento Bee

Feds to reconsider protections for Delta fish
By: Matt Weiser

Federal wildlife officials have agreed to reconsider an imperiled Delta fish species for Endangered Species Act protection.

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San Gabriel Valley Tribune

As water crisis worsens, rare Congressional hearing held in Los Angeles
By: Rebecca Kimitch

In a rare congressional hearing held in Los Angeles on Monday, water authorities warned that no matter how much it rains and snows this year, the water woes of farms and cities across the state are far from over.

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