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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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San Diego Union-Tribune
County’s reservoirs are 49% full after rains
By: Jose Luis Jiménez and Mike Lee
A storm system entered San Diego County yesterday afternoon, slickening the drive home for some commuters.
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San Diego Union-Tribune
Rain on their parade, please Residents store, put water to good use
By: Mike Lee
Some county residents are emerging from the recent downpours feeling satisfied, and maybe a bit smug, because they now have several weeks’ worth of irrigation water in their rain containers.
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San Diego Union-Tribune
Coalition has hand in water recycling plan Council advances recycling project
By: Mike Lee
SAN DIEGO — An unusually diverse coalition of community groups last night helped persuade the San Diego City Council to keep moving ahead on a landmark water recycling plan.
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Los Angeles Times
U.S. speeds up water deliveries to San Joaquin Valley farmers
By: Bettina Boxall
Federal managers said Tuesday they are speeding up delivery of irrigation water to farmers on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley because recent storms have boosted the state's water supply.
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The Fresno Bee
Feds give farmers good, bad water news
By: Michael Doyle and Mark Grossi)
WASHINGTON -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar sought to mollify San Joaquin Valley farmers but ended up disappointing them again Tuesday when he declared federal pumps will deliver more water this year.
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Sacramento Bee
Steady flow of conflicting views marks Delta debate in Davis FEDERAL SCIENCE PANEL HOLDS THIRD DAY OF PUBLIC MEETINGS
By: Matt Weiser
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a complex, bewildering place.
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California Farm Bureau Federation
Storms bolster snowpack, bring strong winds
By: Ron Miller
Farmer Mike Vereschagin, shown in his partially flooded Glenn County almond orchard, says he will gain more from additional water supplies than he'll lose from the scattered tree losses he suffered during last week's storms.
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Circle of Blue
Reforms Could Lead to Huge Water Savings for California, Pacific Institute Says
By: Andrew Maddocks
Replacing inefficient appliances in homes and upgrading wasteful agricultural equipment could save one million acre feet of water in California, according to a Pacific Institute report released Monday.
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Water Education Foundation
Judge’s Ruling Jolts Basis of Quantification Settlement Agreement
A Sacramento Superior Court judge has tentatively ruled the state’s agreement to pay for Salton Sea environmental mitigation costs under a historic Colorado River transfer agreement is a constitutionally invalid unfunded mandate – a development that has interested parties pondering the future of shared water use.
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