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Ramona Water District’s Higher Water Rates to Show on August Bills

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Julie Gallant Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Ramona Municipal Water District directors approved water rate increases for customers starting July 1 and will decide whether to continue raising rates each year through fiscal year 2028-29.

The rate increase was approved at the water district’s June 11 meeting by a 4-1 vote with Director Gary Hurst opposed. The new rates for the 2024-25 fiscal year are based on volume of water used, monthly service charges and water pumping costs, according to a staff report.

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Calgary Receives Two Pipe Pieces from San Diego Amid Repairs

/in , /by /CTV News Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek provides an update on the water main break as the city received pipe pieces from San Diego to speed up repairs.

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Calgary Water Crisis Update: All Hotspots Excavated

/in , /by /Rocky Mountain Outlookby Masha Scheele Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Two additional pieces of pipe from the San Diego Water Authority arrived last night in order to repair the remaining hotpots in Calgary’s water main feeder.

Today marks two weeks since a water main feeder in Calgary burst resulting in the current water crisis in Calgary and its surrounding communities, like Airdrie. Airdrie remains under a level four outdoor water restriction.

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Calgary Continues Water Main Repairs

/in , /by /CBC Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Current and comprehensive news stories from around Calgary and Southern Alberta.

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San Diego County Stepping up to Help Calgary Water Crisis

/in , /by /ABC 10 News by Aaron Dickens Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Quoted: Martin Coghill

Concrete pipes weighing over 12 thousand pounds. They have a long journey ahead. The San Diego County Water Authority is sending two of the pipes 16 hundred miles north. They are going to Calgary to help with the water crisis.

“This is one of several pieces of pipe we have in our yard that we store in case of emergency. Thankfully we are able to release two of these pipes to Calgary. They need it more than we do,” said Martin Coghill.

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Carlsbad Desal Plant gets $19.4 Million for New Seawater Intakes

/in , /by /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Phil Diehl Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Carlsbad’s desalination plant, which provides 10 percent of San Diego County’s drinking water, will get $19.4 million for the construction of its new seawater intakes as part of $142 million in federal grants for water projects throughout the West.

Construction of the new facilities began in January 2023 at the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, a spokesperson for the San Diego County Water Authority said Friday. The new intake screens will be placed in operation this fall, and the full project should be finished in early 2025.

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‘Happy to Help’: Replacement Pipes Start Journey from San Diego to Calgary

/in , /by /CTV Newsby Jordan Kanygin Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Quoted: Martin Coghill

Twelve days after a massive water main broke in Calgary, a pair of replacement pipes from San Diego will start a multi-day journey heading north to help crews here repair five sections.

“These are spare pipes that we’ve had in our yard and they are a suitable size for use in Calgary,” Martin Coghill told CTV News.

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Environment Report: San Diego Provoked a Budget Battle at MWD That Helped Take Down Its GM

/in , /by /Voice of San Diegoby Scott Lewis Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The letter that brought down Adel Hagekhalil, the general manager of the Metropolitan Water District, is getting buried by the news it generated.

The big headline about the letter, Politico first revealed, is that its claims of dysfunctional management and harassment led the Metropolitan Board of Directors to place Hagekhalil on administrative leave and appoint an interim general manager.

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Meet the Man Who Painted “Good Luck Calgary, love SDCWA” on the Pipe Coming from San Diego

/in , , /by /Global Newsby Sarah Crosbie Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Quoted: Martin Coghill

Current. Credible. Calgary. That’s the focus on CONNECT with Sarah Crosbie.

San Diego County Water Authority program manager Martin Coghill: “I can only imagine how much stress is involved.”

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San Diego Water Agency Gives Calgary Part of Feeder Main Pipe

/in , /by /Western Standardby Jonathan Bradley Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Help is on the way for the City of Calgary amid its water problems.

The City of Calgary confirmed the San Diego County Water Authority helped it to source a piece of feeder main pipe.

“It is currently being transported from San Diego to Calgary and will be arriving this week,” tweeted the City of Calgary on Sunday.

“Stay classy, San Diego.”

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