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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 26, 2010

ABC News, Jan. 22, 2009: Ken Weinberg is featured in a segment about the impact a week's worth of rain has had on San Diego's water supply.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Pump station not up to task
System’s failure during deluge irks officials
By: Leonel Sanchez

San Diego Councilman Kevin Faulconer examined Pump Station N in Mission Beach yesterday. The stairs lead to a part of the pump station that is supposed to remain dry, but flooded three times in last week’s storms, Faulconer said.

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North County Times

Letters to Editor: Here's an incentive to save water

I am responding to Ralph Fitzgerald's letter regarding conserving water (Jan. 21).

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Channel 6 News: San Diego

Toilet to Tap Back on the Drawing Board

SAN DIEGO - The City Council on Tuesday authorized spending $3.28 million to hire consultants to manage a project to test the feasibility of using recycled wastewater to supplement San Diego's drinking water supply.

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KPBS News

San Diego Awards Contract For Water Recyling Demonstration Project
By: Alison St John

San Diego City Council will vote this evening on a $3 million contract to manage a water recycling demonstration project.

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Stockton Record

Delta panel swears to avoid politics
By: Alex Breitler

DAVIS - A panel of scientists charged with conducting an objective review of the ailing Delta will not be swayed by politics, a representative said Monday.

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Sacramento Bee

EDITORIAL: Sewage dumping is part of Delta's problem

The National Academy of Sciences has begun five days of hearings at UC Davis on federal water pumping restrictions aimed at protecting fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

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Fresno Bee

Valley urged to fight for water at congressional forum
By: Robert Rodriguez

Major change in federal policies fueled by mounting public pressure must happen in order to solve the Valley's ongoing water crisis, several speakers said Monday at a congressional town hall forum in Fresno.

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Whittier Daily News

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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Daily Democrat

Storms make for 'average' water year
By: Mike Taugher (MediaNews Group)

After a week of pounding storms, the state's major reservoirs are filling up fast, but they remain far below normal levels after being drawn down hard during the state's dry spell.

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Christian Science Monitor

Gray water's grass roots
By: Gloria Goodale

If water is the next battleground for a globe facing dwindling water resources, then this 1960s-style community center at the northern end of Los Angeles's Koreatown is at the forefront of the fight.

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ABC 30 News (Fresno)

A Passionate Plea from the Valley for More Water
By: Amanda Perez

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Farmers filled a town hall meeting at city hall Monday to tell congressional leaders both they and the Central Valley need water in order to survive.

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