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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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September 30, 2010

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

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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