Hoch to Design Rainbow’s Hutton and Turner Pump Stations
Hoch Consulting has been given the Rainbow Municipal Water District contract to design the Hutton and Turner pump stations.
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Rainbow MWD Approves Lift Station Replacement MND
The work which includes the replacement of the Rainbow Municipal Water District’s Lift Station No. 1 will have an environmental Mitigated Negative Declaration along with a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.
Hamilton Chosen as Rainbow MWD Board President
The Rainbow Municipal Water District board selected Hayden Hamilton to be the board president for 2021 and 2022 meetings.
County Supervisors Declare Public Health Crisis in Tijuana River Valley
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to declare pollution at the Tijuana River Valley a public health crisis.
Supervisor Nora Vargas said the action is needed because of the decades-long contamination of River Valley, which has resulted in environmental and health damage. According to the county, the region has long suffered from poor air quality, sewage leaks, waste from industrial plants, tire waste, plastic pollution, sediment, and trash.
Drowning in Debt: Nearly 70,000 San Diego Families are Behind on Water Bills
A new report finds that nearly 70,000 San Diego families are behind on their water bills during the pandemic, with more than 11,000 owing over a thousand dollars.
That same study by the state’s Water Resources Control Board finds that one in eight California households are behind on their water bills: a a tsunami of debt adding up to more than a billion dollars.
San Diego Officials Call Tijuana River Valley Sewage Flow a Public Health Crisis
San Diego County declared a public health crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border because sewage tainted water continues to flow into the U.S. and the region endures a lot of other pollution.
All five members of the San Diego Board of Supervisors voted to approve it.
It is a new tactic for clean water groups concerned about pollution in the area.
Imperial County Launches the First Ever Point of Entry Pilot Project
The Point of Entry Pilot project was launched by the Imperial County Division of Environmental Health and the Imperial Irrigation District. Jorge a. Perez, Environmental Health Services Manager, said it started with a study that Cal State San Marcos did through the National Latino Research Center. It made broad claims about the water quality in Imperial valley; regarding the “not so good” water quality.
Carlsbad Lagoon Dredging to Begin Next Week
Sand replenishment from the dredging of Agua Hedionda Lagoon in Carlsbad will start later and finish sooner than expected, a Poseidon Water official said.
Scholarship Applications Open for Aspiring Water Pros
If you’re a student considering college studies leading to a career in the water and wastewater industry, several California water associations and San Diego regional member water agencies offer college scholarships. Scholarships are available for community college, college, and graduate-level programs
San Diego’s Infrastructure Deficit Is Really a Stormwater Deficit
The infrastructure deficit that has hung over San Diego politics for years without meaningful intervention is perhaps better understood as a stormwater deficit.
Eight years ago, Mayor Todd Gloria, then Council president, pledged to craft an infrastructure-focused ballot measure for the 2016 ballot, to address the city’s crumbling roads, sidewalks, pipes and drains. That never happened, and the problem has only gotten worse. But the city now appears to be serious about pursing a measure to fund a specific, and massive, piece of the city’s infrastructure failure: its stormwater system.
