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

April 30, 2010

San Diego Union-Tribune

Snowpack hits 143 percent of normal
By: Michael Gardner

State water managers cheered a snow pack that measured 143 percent of normal Friday, but they are still unlikely to boost water deliveries to cities and farms by much.

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The Signal Tribune

Assistant secretary of Interior warns of America’s shrinking water supply
By: Nick Diamantides

Unless the United States changes the way it uses and conserves water, the nation is headed for a severe shortage of that precious commodity in the not-too-distant future.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Column: Smart water meters, dumb meters, no meters
By: Peter Gleick

How is it possible that a place like California, with such a long and painful history of water problems, remains so far behind the curve of smart water management?

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Stockton Record

Editorial: Shirking responsibility
Despite Huber's efforts, Legislature hands off Delta canal accountability

Assemblywoman Alyson Huber couldn't even get a committee second Tuesday on her proposal to require lawmakers to vote before anyone builds a peripheral canal around the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

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East County Magazine

Conservation in Bloom at the 17th Annual Spring Garden Festival

San Diegans are invited to celebrate spring with a bloom of activities at the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College on Saturday, April 24, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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