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

February 4, 2010

San Diego Union Tribune

Editorial: It’s not just the banks
City bonus program a mess; salary commission on Mars

Anyone who read yesterday’s newspaper almost certainly could not help but groan at the front-page story recounting the absurdities uncovered by San Diego City Auditor Eduardo Luna in the bonus program for water and wastewater employees and the local story reporting a commission’s analysis of the salaries paid the mayor and members of the City Council.

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San Diego Daily Transcript

Program designed to save city money comes under scrutiny
By: Elizabeth Malloy

A city of San Diego program designed to save water ratepayers money has come under fire recently, when an audit revealed that it hadn’t save as much money as had been previously reported.

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San Diego Union Tribune

Weather Watch blog: Water watch
By: Robert Krier

Yesterday we mentioned the improved picture and rising water levels in the San Luis reservoir in Central California.

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San Diego Reader

Football First, Water Last
By: Don Bauder

In his State of the City speech on January 13, Mayor Jerry Sanders devoted 434 words to the possibility of taxpayers shelling out hundreds of millions of dollars for a subsidized Chargers stadium and 174 words to the idea of those taxpayers paying for an expansion of the convention center.

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Imperial Valley Press

Opinion: Making points about the QSA
By: Orbia Hanks

Here we sit still waiting on Judge Roland L. Candee’s final ruling on parts of the QSA and related matters.

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KCBS News

Bipartisan Call to Improve Nation's Water Infrastructure

SAN JOSE (KCBS) -- Apparently all it takes to get Republicans and Democrats to stand together is water.

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