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

March 8, 2010

American Public Works Association

I Am Public Works

The Water Authority and City of San Diego are highlighted in this video, which focuses on encouraging high school students to enter the profession of public works.

San Diego Union-Tribune

S.D. could require multifamily water meters
Plan calls for installation in new units
By: Mike Lee

SAN DIEGO — San Diego is poised to set a regional water conservation benchmark by forcing developers of new multifamily and mixed-use complexes to install water meters for each unit.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Innovation Summit Highlights Drug Development, Cleantech, and Potential Impact of Drought
By: Bruce V. Bigelow

The La Jolla Research & Innovation Summit held yesterday at the Salk Institute was a smaller and a much more modest affair than the inaugural summit that Connect CEO Duane Roth organized last year.

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North County Times

Letter to the editor: Gronke displays his naivete

Steve Gronke's Community Forum ("County doesn't need Merriam Mountains project," Feb. 7) displays his naivete as he presents himself as just another NIMBY running around with his hair on fire. He offers no original thought.

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YubaNet.com

Op-Ed: Snow Water Content 107% of Normal -- But the "Drought" Continues?
By: Dan Bacher

The snow survey conducted by the State Department of Water Resources (DWR) on March 3 indicated that water content in California's mountain snowpack is 107 percent of normal for the date, making the state water supply outlook much better this year than it was last season. By contrast, water content statewide was 80 percent of normal at this time last year.

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