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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
San Diego's Sewer Spills: Declining
By: Rob Davis
Ten years ago, the city of San Diego averaged a sewer spill a day. That's dropped sharply. Last year, the city had 38 sewer spills -- roughly one every 10 days.
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San Diego Union-Tribune
Short take: City reports its fewest sewage spills in decade
SAN DIEGO: San Diego posted its best sewage-spill figures of the decade last year, Mayor Jerry Sanders said yesterday.
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ABC 10 News
Persistent Pollutant Shuts Down Groundwater Wells
SAN DIEGO -- A deep water monitoring well is being drilled this month in Chula Vista. When it is complete, it will tell us more about a water resource we've ignored for years: groundwater.
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North County Times
ENCINITAS: San Dieguito Water District raises rates
By: Barbara Henry
A campaign led by the local taxpayers association netted slightly more than 1,000 protest letters, but that wasn't enough to block a San Dieguito Water District rate increase Wednesday.
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North County Times
ECONOMY: Regional economy poised for growth, panel says
By: Jeff Rowe
Business leaders scheduled to speak at Thursday's State of the Region presentation said they expect the economy to improve in coming months, but that San Diego County companies face challenges in global competition, water and health care.
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Imperial Valley Press
Abatti questions secretary of the interior
By: David Steffen
Imperial Irrigation District Director Michael Abatti sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar questioning the possibility of a federal takeover of IID water.
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Fresno Bee
California water diversion plan 'a work in progress,' Feinstein says
By: Michael Doyle
WASHINGTON – Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's controversial bid to divert more water to San Joaquin Valley farms has prompted furious maneuvering but no agreement.
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Fresno Bee
California senators invited to meeting on water
By: Michael Doyle
WASHINGTON -- Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's controversial bid to divert more water to Valley farms didn't get the traction she might have once hoped for in a Senate bill approved Wednesday.
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Capitol Weekly
Opinion: Water bond needed to protect water, environment, economy
By: Jim Earp
There is universal consensus among scientists, academics and water experts that California’s water system is at risk of catastrophic failure unless we take action now to reverse decades of neglect.
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Sacramento Bee
Westlands district quits state water association
By: Matt Weiser
The Westlands Water District, the powerful farm irrigation agency in the San Joaquin Valley, has quit its membership in a leading statewide water association.
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The Press-Enterprise
System to generate power in water pipes starts first-ever tests in Riverside
By: Alicia Robinson
If a new turbine now being tested in Riverside lives up to its hype, using water from the faucet or running the dishwasher could someday help generate power.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Feds predict better year for Calif. salmon
By: Jason Dearen (Associated Press)
After two years of canceled salmon fishing off California's coast, fishermen received a bit of good news Wednesday.
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