San Diego County / Southern California

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Escondido Hires Firm To Plan Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Deborah Sullivan Brennan

Escondido is moving forward on a reverse osmosis treatment facility that will reduce the city’s wastewater and also provide more recycled water for agricultural use. The project will divert millions of gallons of water from the discharge pipeline, and turn it into highly treated irrigation water. It’s expected to begin construction in early 2020 and […]

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SDPD Warns Of Thieves Posing As City Utility Employees

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Alex Riggins

A pair of thieves posing as city water department employees conned their way into a La Jolla home earlier this month, distracting the elderly homeowner as they stole cash and jewelry, police said Tuesday. The same two men wanted in connection with the scam and theft in La Jolla are also wanted for questioning in […]

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Craft Beer Industry Economic Impact In San Diego Rises To $1.2 Billion

/in , /by /Water News Network

As the nation’s “Capital of Craft,” San Diego County is home to more than 150 breweries that boast nearly 6,500 local jobs. In 2018, the regional craft beer industry produced $1.2 billion in economic impact, according to a report by California State University San Marcos and the San Diego Brewers Guild. California has more operational […]

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Could A Hurricane Lash Los Angeles? 80 Years Ago, This Deadly Storm Came Close

/in , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Paul Duginski

September 1939 was a stormy month on the world stage. On Sept. 1, Hitler invaded Poland. On Sept.3, Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand responded by declaring war on Germany. In Los Angeles that month, as residents sweated through an unusual heat wave and nervously watched the storm clouds of World War II gathering overseas, […]

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