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California Touts Desalination, But Take It With A Grain Of Salt

/in , /by /Bloomberg Environmentby Emily C. Dooley

Slimming down a $17 billion plan to shunt water from Northern California to the arid south has the state considering ways to supplement water needs. Desalination is one of the methods getting some attention. California has a water problem, drought or no drought. The new administration has signaled a shift in water policy by specifically talking about turning salty water potable after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said he would support only a single tunnel as part of the project known as WaterFix, rather than the two tunnels his predecessor pushed for to bring water to the state’s southern half.

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Storm Will Bypass San Diego Wednesday, But Second System Could Bring Rain Saturday

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Gary Robbins

The tail of the storm that’s been dropping heavy rain and snow in Northern California will slump into the southern part of the state on Wednesday. But the National Weather Service says the system will mostly — or entirely — bypass San Diego County. Forecasters say it appears that only a few hundredths of an inch of rain will fall locally, and most of it will be in northern San Diego County. There is no significant snow in the forecast for the region’s mountains.

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