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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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November 2, 2011

Imperial Valley Press

Former Imperial Irrigation District General Manager Jesse Silva to run water department
By Elizabeth Varin

A former Imperial Irrigation District general manager will take over as the district’s water department manager six years after his retirement.

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Imperial Valley Press

IID Board gets QSA budget report
By Elizabeth Zarin

It won’t be long before the fate of the largest agriculture-to-urban water transfer is decided, but the Imperial Irrigation District is already looking at the tens of millions of dollars it is set to lose should the agreement be ruled invalid.

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Imperial Valley Press

IID to hold public benefit charge rate hearings
By Elizabeth Varin

The Imperial Irrigation District has set rate hearing dates to discuss keeping a public benefit charge on customers’ bills.

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KPBS

Estuary Reborn In South San Diego Bay
Former Salt Ponds Restored To Natural Habitat
By Ed Joyce, Nicholas McVicker

For more than 50 years a 200-acre section of South San Diego Bay was cut off from the rest of the bay, choking the natural tidal flow.


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The San Diego Union Tribune

Irrigation times for SD customers extended
By Mike Lee

Irrigation times for San Diego water customers changed Tuesday.

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High Country News

Presidential candidates are missing the Western issues
By Ed Quillen

What if the Western Republican Leadership Conference sponsored a debate in the West for Republican presidential candidates, with audience members all from the West, and they never got around to talking about Western issues?

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KXO Radio

District gets help with renewable portfolio standards
(IID hires Los Angeles attorney)…General Manager Kevin Kelley says David Nahai will assist the Imperial Irrigation District.
By George Gale

Kelley announced the hiring at Tuesday’s IID Board meeting.

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The Daily Transcript

MCRD installs water recycling system

Living Machine Systems, L3C, a provider of water reuse technology, Wednesday announced that the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego will recycle blackwater for sub-surface irrigation to minimize its water usage.

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North County Times

Riverside County to file 'unfunded mandate' claim
By Dave Downey

Riverside County intends to seek reimbursement from the state for the costs of complying with new water quality requirements established for the Santa Margarita River watershed.

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The San Diego Union Tribune

Marines deploy novel sewage treatment plan
By Mike Lee

As San Diego utility leaders consider ways to turn the city’s sewage and stormwater into a resource, the Marine Corps Recruit Depot is pioneering a type of on-site wastewater recycling system that is gaining traction across the country.

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Long Beach Press Telegram

Water pact fails on every count

If California wants to make real progress on water policy reform, at least three major elements must be included: a balance between users' needs and environmental protection, inclusion of all interested parties, and transparency.


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FishChannel.com

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge on California Delta Smelt
Hypomesus transpacificus continues to receive federal protections

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a case that had potential negative implications with regard to the California delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus), a species listed as threatened on the Endangered Species List.

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Lawn & Landscape Market Leadership

IA Water Conference
The Irrigation Association’s annual event featured educational sessions and discussions on solving water issues.
By Brian Vinchesi

In late June, The Irrigation Association hosted its third annual water conference in Broomfield, Colo.

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The Fresno Bee

Fixing state's water-delivery issues could add jobs
By Mark Grossi

A UC Berkeley economist says one of the rewards for repairing California's broken water-delivery system could be 130,000 jobs.

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Mountain Democrat

Delta Stewardship Council schedule slips
By Roberta Long

In spite of their best efforts, and Chairman Phil Isenberg’s determination to meet the legislative mandate to adopt a Delta Plan by Dec. 31, the Delta Stewardship Council had to face reality at its Oct. 27 meeting.

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Association of California Water Agencies

USGS Study Describes Climate Change Impacts for Bay-Delta
By Lisa Lien-Mager

California’s Bay-Delta system will see changes in habitat, sea level and freshwater availability over the next century as a result of global climate change, according to a new assessment of climate warming scenarios by the U.S. Geological Survey.

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The Kansas City Star

Climate change effect on California delta is detailed in new study
By Mike Taugher

California's water problems and the ecological pressure on the West Coast's largest estuary will intensify in a warming world, according to a first-of-its-kind scientific study.

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USGS

Flash Forward 100 Years: Climate Change Scenarios in California’s Bay-Delta
By James Cloern and Jessica Robertson

USGS scientists and academic colleagues investigated how California's interconnected San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (the Bay-Delta system) is expected to change from 2010 to 2099 in response to both fast and moderate climate warming scenarios. Results indicate that this area will feel impacts of global climate change in the next century with shifts in its biological communities, rising sea level, and modified water supplies.

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