Be sure to watch Liquid Assets: The
Big Business of Water at 6 and 10 p.m. tonight on the CNBC cable
network. This hour long news program explores the global water crisis
from Chile, to Wisconsin, to the Colorado River Basin, to San Diego
County. Included in the program is an interview with San Diego County
Water Authority General Manager Maureen Stapleton at the site of the
San Vicente Dam Raise. For more information, go to the CNBC website:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39312043
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San Diego Union-
Tribune
MWD: Arrogance is in water giant’s DNA
By Union-Tribune Editorial Board
The Union-Tribune
report Tuesday about the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s
dismissal of calls to rein in unnecessary spending is par for the course
for the giant water agency.
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San Diego Union-
Tribune
World Trade Center gets grant to market water technology
Group will help bring U.S. water-saving technologies to North Africa,
Middle East and India
By Dean Calbreath
Living on the edge
of a desert, San Diegans have long been skillful at conserving water.
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North County
Times
FORUM: San Diego ready to lead green economy
By Peggy Lauer
The oil industry
is pouring millions into Proposition 23, the "California Jobs Initiative"
on the November ballot, in an attempt to turn back Assembly Bill 32, the
"Global Warming Solutions Act."
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North County
Times
EDITORIAL: New water rules would be a drain
OUR VIEW: Tightening regulations, inspections now adds to economic woes
Sometimes you have
to wonder whether bureaucrats live in the same world as the rest of us.
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Imperial Valley
Press
MWD sends letter to Reclamation against IID’s proposed
water release into Salton Sea
By David Steffen
The general manager
of Metropolitan Water District of Southern Cal-ifornia, Jeffrey Kight-linger,
sent a letter Mon-day to the Bureau of Reclamation contesting Imperial
Irrigation Dist-rict’s proposal to release underrun water into the
Salton Sea.
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Contra Costa
Times
Fewer job losses linked to Delta, drought
By Mike Taugher
A jobs plan that is
part of Meg Whitman's gubernatorial campaign suggests that drought and
Delta pumping restrictions might have cost California 95,000 jobs.
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Waterworld
Roundtable Series Examines Challenges, Benefits of Water
Reuse
By Dan McCarthy
Greater cooperation
and interaction among agencies working with water, wastewater and stormwater
can ensure that water reuse gets the consideration it deserves as part
of an integrated water portfolio.
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NanoH2O
Top U.S. Desalination Experts Tackle Issues Behind Lack
of U.S. Traction
Veolia’s Finn Nielsen, Water Desalination Report’s Tom Pankratz
and others voice optimism
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--NanoH2O, a global provider of reverse osmosis membranes for desalination,
hosted five of the top U.S. experts in desalination at its manufacturing
facility in El Segundo, California, for a timely discussion on the global
water crisis, issues behind the lack of desalination plants in the U.S.
and the role innovation, technology and renewable energy are playing in
accelerating the adoption of desalination as an important source of freshwater
supply.
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