This database contains press and video clips on water issues of interest to the San Diego County Water Authority.

February 3, 2010

San Diego Union Tribune

State is first in eco-friendly building codes
By: Mike Lee

Even as the construction business continues to struggle, San Diego contractor Russ Earnshaw is embracing a landmark set of environmental codes in California that will raise the cost of new buildings...

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Short take: S.D. Council pours $610K into repairing pipelines

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council voted today to spend $610,000 to protect five aging water pipelines determined to be at critical risk of breaking due to corrosion.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Flaws seen in San Diego bonus program Savings to city were overstated, audit says
By: Eleanor Yang Su

A bonus program given to about 90 percent of San Diego water and wastewater employees to spur efficiency has overstated its savings to the city by $10.7 million between 2005 and 2008, according to an audit released yesterday.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Judge hears arguments in case over Calif. salmon
By: the Associated Press

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal judge is weighing whether to relax pumping limits that are in place to protect salmon as they migrate through California's freshwater estuary.

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San Diego News Network

Opinion: Taxpayers support and need Carlsbad desalination project
By: Lani Lutar

The recent opinion piece by Surfrider Foundation’s Joe Geever published by the San Diego News Network included factual misrepresentations and accusations that must be corrected.

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North County Times

REGION: Many questions, few answers on Rancho Guejito development Community planning group gets first briefing on backcountry housing plan
By: Mark Walker

The first public airing in what could be years of wrangling over a proposal to built thousands of homes adjacent to the historic Rancho Guejito Mexican land grant in the Pauma Valley backcountry ...

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North County Times

Letters to the editor: Ranch Guejito

We have been letting the suppliers of water and the developers off the hook for decades.

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North County Times

RAINBOW: New water monitoring group available to growers
By: Morgan Cook

Farmers served by Rainbow Municipal Water District can save hundreds ---- if not thousands ---- of dollars by joining a group the district has organized to share the cost of complying with a state water-monitoring program that will begin next year.

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Imperial Valley Press

Imperial Irrigation District and public meet on Quantification Settlement Agreement
By: David Steffen

The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors hosted a public Quantification Settlement Agreement workshop Tuesday to provide a status update, as well as to allow the public to comment.

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Fresno Bee

Water groups fight salmon plan in court
By: John Ellis

A coalition of water districts and agencies asked a federal judge in Fresno on Tuesday to set aside a controversial salmon management plan because it reduces water deliveries to urban and agricultural users.

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