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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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Voice of San Diego
Mayor Supports Sewage Recycling Pilot
By: Liam Dillon
San Diego's pilot program to recycle sewage into drinking water received a new convert this week in Mayor Jerry Sanders.
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San Diego Union-Tribune
Short take: San Diego joins others in lawsuit on shoddy pipes
Dozens of state and local governments nationwide, including San Diego, announced a lawsuit yesterday against a giant pipe manufacturer in Los Angeles that allegedly sold water and sewer pipes it knew were substandard.
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San Diego Union-Tribune
Letter to the editor: Desalination and surfers’ sacrifice
Do we need to physically shake members of the Surfrider Foundation to remind them that Southern California is in a serious drought?
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SanDiego.com
Surfrider: Preservation On Several Fronts
By: Eilene Zimmerman
Last month, the Surfrider Foundation, a nonprofit environmental group dedicated to protecting the world’s oceans, pulled out of a lawsuit that aimed to stop Poseidon Resources from building a desalination plant in Carlsbad although construction has already begun.
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North County Times
Home and Garden briefs for Feb. 12
Less guesswork: The Water Conservation Garden in San Diego is offering a full-color plant list with photos called "Nifty 50: Plants for Water Smart Landscapes," which offers gardeners an easy way to select drought-tolerant plants.
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Imperial Valley Press
Imperial County and Salton Sea important to bird species
By: Brooke Ruth
The Imperial Valley fills an important need for many bird species.
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Modesto Bee
Tunnel picked for study of delta water delivery
By: Matt Weiser
A giant tunnel, and not a canal, has emerged as the leading option to ship Sacramento River water across the delta to thirsty Californians from Silicon Valley to San Diego.
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Los Angeles Times
Feinstein seeks to ease curbs on water delivery to farmers
By: Bettina Boxall
Sen. Dianne Feinstein has drawn up legislation that for the next two years would loosen Endangered Species Act restrictions on pumping water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to increase irrigation deliveries to San Joaquin Valley growers.
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Fresno Bee
Senator pushes water delivery
By: Michael Doyle and E.J. Schultz
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is roiling California water politics with new plans to override scientists and boost irrigation deliveries to San Joaquin Valley farms.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Feinstein proposes Central Valley water plan
By: Carolyn Lochhead
Sen. Dianne Feinstein ignited a firestorm among fellow California Democrats on Thursday as word spread of her proposal to divert Northern California water to Central Valley farmers.
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New York Times
Sen. Feinstein Steps Into Calif.'s Farmers vs. Fish Fight With Jobs Bill Rider
By: Patrick Reis and Colin Sullivan
Sen. Dianne Feinstein has targeted the Senate jobs bill in a bid to guarantee more water for struggling farmers in California's San Joaquin Valley regardless of restrictions imposed by the Endangered Species Act.
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