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Welcome to the Board: Neal Meyers, Olivenhain Municipal Water District

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

Neal Meyers was seated on the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors on March 20, 2023, representing the Olivenhain Municipal Water District. Meyers serves on the Administrative and Finance and Imported Water committees for the Water Authority.

 

 

 

(Editor’s Note: The Water Authority’s Board of Directors typically meets on the fourth Thursday of each month. The Board invites the public to attend its monthly meetings and to comment on agenda items or other matters before the Board. For meeting times, agendas and documents, go to​ www.sdcwa.org/board-directors)

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How Will La Jolla Fare in the Next El Niño? Infrastructure, Sea Lions and More May Be Impacted by Storms

/in , , /by /La Jolla Light by Ashley Mackin-Solomon

With the sun finally emerging recently after a cool, wet winter and early spring, the storms that may lie ahead next winter aren’t what most people want to think about. But meteorologists are forecasting that an El Niño year is probably coming, bringing more storms, and La Jolla and other coastal communities may need to brace for impact.

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Vallecitos WD Employee Ed Pedrazzi Recognized for Leadership

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Vallecitos Water District Operations and Maintenance Manager Ed Pedrazzi is the ACWA 2023 “Excellence in Water Leadership” award winner. Pedrazzi received his career honor at the Association of California Water Agencies annual conference on May 9.

The award recognizes individuals who have “made a remarkable and visible contribution to the enhancement, protection, or development of water resources in California,” according to ACWA.

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Fountain Valley Adopts Resolution Declaring End to Water Supply Shortage

/in , , /by /Daily Pilotby Andrew Turner

Fountain Valley has declared an end to a water supply shortage it had been observing for the past 11 months.

The City Council, at its May 2 meeting, voted unanimously to adopt a resolution restoring the normal water supply conditions for the community.

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Vallecitos Pays Tribute to Former Board Member Betty Ferguson and the 1946 Jeep named “Betty” in her Honor

/in , /by /San Elijo Life.com

In honor of Public Service Recognition Week, the Vallecitos Water District is announcing an event to honor former Board Member Margaret E. “Betty” Ferguson and the 1946 Jeep (Willys) CJ-2A she enjoyed driving. The event will take place on Wednesday June 21, 2023, at 4 p.m.at the VWD Office located at 201 Vallecitos de Oro in San Marcos and will also include an unveiling of the Jeep.

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Welcome to the Board: Clint Baze, Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District

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

Clint Baze was seated on the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors on January 25, 2023, representing the Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District. Clint Baze is the General Manager of the Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District.

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Unincorporated San Diego County Communities Want More Say in Regional Decision-making

/in , /by /Ramona Sentinel by Julie Gallant Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

A proposal by a Ramona Community Planning Group member to add an advisory board member to represent the county’s unincorporated communities on the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) could soon move forward in the approval process.

On Tuesday, May 23, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors will consider a resolution to add another adviser to the Board of Directors for SANDAG, a regional planning agency that considers transportation, housing and fire evacuation safety issues in addition to making funding decisions for related projects.

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Long Beach May Look for Ways to Hold Upriver Areas Accountable When Sewage Spoils Beaches

/in , /by /Long Beach Post by Jason Ruiz

As temperatures reached the 80s and people flocked to the shore for beach cleanups on Earth Day last month, an order to stay out of the water dampened what could have been a very busy beach weekend after months of wet weather in Long Beach.

The beach closure was prompted by the second sewage spill of 2023 that resulted in 250,000 gallons of raw sewage entering the Los Angeles River near Downey and making its way toward Long Beach where the river’s mouth dumps its contents into the ocean.

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Outreach Efforts Honored at 2023 CAPIO EPIC Awards

/in , , /by /Water News Network Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority received two Awards of Distinction for outreach programs at the 2023 California Public Information Officers (CAPIO) “EPIC Awards” competition for California public agency communication programs.

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Opinion: To Meet Climate Goals, San Diego County Needs Battery Energy Storage in Every Community

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Jason Anderson

Months of exceptionally cold and rainy weather have made it easy to forget that just eight months ago in California we endured the most extreme September heatwave on record. High temperatures drove record-breaking demand for electricity, and the state managed to avoid blackouts by tapping into a wave of new solar energy and battery energy storage resources and facilities that helped send clean, renewable power to shoulder the load.

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