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

October 31, 2011

San Francisco Chronicle

Water suppliers' delta accord under scrutiny
By Wyatt Buchanan

California is moving at breakneck speed on a plan to build what could be huge tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to carry water from Northern California to Southern California and the Central Valley.

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BusinessWeek.com

Endangered Species Act Survives Challenge at U.S. High Court
By Greg Stohr

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to limit the reach of the Endangered Species Act, turning away an appeal by three farms challenging the protection of a 2 1/2-inch long Northern California fish called the delta smelt.

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North County Times

Riverside County to discuss irrigating citrus with recycled water
By Dave Downey

It may be a long time before water flushed down the toilet flows out the tap after undergoing a thorough cleansing process.

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Western Farm Press

California water plight gets lifeline from technology

"This is really a celebration of the creativity and leadership that everyone from family farmers in the Central Valley to the public water agencies that serve our largest cities have implemented in addressing one of California's biggest challenges for the future," says Mike Wade, executive director of the California Farm Water Coalition.

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Examiner.com

Smelt Survive Water Coalition Appeal To U.S. Supreme Court, Wolk Says Delta Next
By Dan Aiello

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday let stand a federal appeals court decision that upheld the use of the Endangered Species Act in protecting the near-extinct Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Smelt.

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The San Diego Union Tribune

Landscape architects tackle water, budgets
National convention convening in San Diego for first time since 1990, switched from too-small Seattle convention center
By Roger Showley

The American Society of Landscape Architects, meeting in San Diego through Wednesday, is debating worldwide shortages of water, federal budget problems and the impact of global warming.

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