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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
The Enigma of a San Diego Apartment’s Water Use
By: Rob Davis
The landlord's note taped to my apartment door brought news that made my stomach sink.
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Voice of San Diego
Morning Report: The Case of the Invisible Water Hog
By: Randy Dotinga
You could call it the Case of the Invisible Water Hog.
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San Diego Daily Transcript
Voters to have say on PLAs later this year
By: Monica Unhold
Prevailing wage and pension plans for construction workers on publicly-funded projects will no longer be required in many parts of the county, if voters pass several ballot initiatives this election season.
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San Diego Union-Tribune
Feds may spend $7.5 million on new fish ladder
By: the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Less than a decade after spending $1 million on a fish ladder that was supposed to help steelhead trout negotiate Santa Paula Creek, the federal government may spend another $7.5 million to design and build a new one.
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The Telescope (Palomar College)
Opinion: Water World: Carlsbad desalination plant answers a regional need with scientific ingenuity
By: Brian Blakely
San Diego officials and the California Coastal Commission recently began constructing a new desalination plant in Carlsbad to better southern California's current water shortage issues.
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East County Magazine
Helix Water District Endorses Water Bond for November Ballot
(San Diego's East County) -- At its February 17, 2010 meeting, the Helix Water District Board of Directors adopted a resolution supporting the $11.14 billion water bond set for the November 2010 ballot.
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Imperial Valley Press
Valley Police Beat: Autopsy scheduled for body found in All American Canal
By: Silvio J. Panta
CALEXICO — An autopsy is scheduled today for a young man who was found Monday by Border Patrol agents at Drop 3 of the All-American Canal, a coroner’s official said.
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Los Angeles Times
Turf grass not always a 'green' thing, study shows
By: Margot Roosevelt
Green is good, right? Not necessarily when it comes to lawns, according to a new study by UC Irvine researchers.
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Chico Enterprise Record
DWR faulted for Oroville Dam power plant accident
By: Toni Scott
OROVILLE -- An investigation of a July 2009 accident at the Oroville Dam power plant found that the Department of Water Resources knowingly put its employees in harm's way by instructing them to perform a task under dangerous conditions.
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The Record-Searchlight
Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority sues feds over water allocations
By: Dylan Darling
A north state water irrigation canal operator is suing the federal government, saying it's violating the law by sending water south without first fully supplying agriculture here.
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Central Valley Business Times
Humble salmon would be elevated to official state fish
The Chinook salmon, largest of the Pacific salmons and once in abundance in the Central Valley where they spawn in the rivers and creeks, would become California’s official state anadromous fish under a bill authored by Assemblyman Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael.
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Modesto Bee
Editorial: Feinstein water plan crucial for farmers
We have always supported a balanced approach to dividing up California's limited water supply -- one that that recognizes the needs of protecting the environment, providing drinking water to urban residents and giving farmers a fair share of this crucial resource.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Opinion: Farmworkers against California water bond
By: Arturo Rodriguez
Expensive water: $11 billion, or $800 million in annual debt payments for the next 30 years. That's how much Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's water bond will cost California's taxpayers and their children to subsidize the agricultural industry for decades to come.
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