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Electeds See Commitment, Momentum at Salton Sea
Restoration funding could reach $600 million by end of 2018
Balboa Park Sustainability Efforts Set World-Class Standards
Improvements in water and energy efficiency enhance park operations.
Water Fosters Innovation Economy in San Diego County
Newly released numbers reveal just how vital a safe and reliable water supply is to the region’s economy.
First Day of Summer ‘Brought To You’ By New Water Authority Education Campaign
New program underscores the importance of water reliability to the region’s core industries.
Regional Photo Contest Awards Top Prizes To Shots of Sunset Cliffs, Sutherland Reservoir
Photos featured the best of San Diego County from ocean to desert, and a few places farther afield.
Did You Know?
Wholesale water rates adopted in June by the Water Authority’s Board of Directors include some of the smallest increases in 15 years due to successful litigation and financial management.

Carlsbad resident Munira Coomber's landscaping project wins the 2018 Watersmart Landscaping Contest. Photo: Courtesy Olivenhain MWD

June 28, 2018/by Gayle Falkenthal

Carlsbad Resident Wins 2018 Olivenhain MWD Landscape Contest

Encinitas, Calif. — Olivenhain Municipal Water District’s Board of Directors honored Munira Coomber as OMWD’s 2018 winner of the annual Watersmart…

From The Archives

July 19, 2018/by Gayle Falkenthal

1954: Final Pipe Installed for Pipeline 2, San Vicente Aqueduct

Thanks to an intensive lobbying effort and consensus building by the San Diego County Water Authority's first chairman, Fred Heilbron, the San Vicente…

Conservation Corner

Knowing how to classify your plants by water use characteristics will help you plan your sustainable landscaping. Photo: Water Authority evapotranspiration

July 11, 2018/by Gayle Falkenthal

Evapotranspiration: The Key To Watering Your Plants

How much water do plants really need in your landscaping? Evapotranspiration (ET) is the process of assessing various factors to determine how much…

CAPITOL INSIDER

Supervisor Kristin Gaspar, chairwoman of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, officials from the San Diego County Water Authority and several of its member agencies, the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, the Industrial Environmental Association, and more than 30 agencies and organizations have voiced strong opposition to any effort by state legislators to impose a drinking water tax.

July 11, 2018/by Gayle Falkenthal

San Diego Coalition Remains Vigilant on Water Tax

Due in part to vigorous statewide opposition by a coalition of business, civic, and water industry officials, a proposed $135 million per year tax on drinking…