San Diego County / Southern California

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Vintage Water Pipeline Now at Bonita Museum

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A key piece of water infrastructure  – a steel pipe that delivered water to residents of San Diego County –  is now on display at the Bonita Museum & Cultural Center. Earlier this year, the Sweetwater Authority completed the replacement of its 36-inch transmission main in the Bonita Valley area. Portions of the large critical pipeline were […]

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Water Awareness Artwork Wins Escondido Student Poster Contest

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Twelve winning student artists from Escondido area elementary schools follow in a long tradition of fourth-graders entering the annual City of Escondido Student Poster Contest. Students were asked to depict the 2021 contest theme “Love Water, Save Water” to illustrate the value of water resources through creative, hand-drawn art.

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Opinion: Another Water War Washes Over the MWD

/in , /by /Pasadena Star-Newsby Rick Cole

In the final scene of “Chinatown,” the noir movie version of Los Angeles’s original water grab, anti-hero Jack Nicholson confronts the brutal triumph of the film’s “pillar of the establishment” villain. The cops don’t want to hear his story.  They invoke the racist trope that the law of the jungle rules in the ethnic enclave […]

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Rainbow Approves Lease Agreement for Bonsall Reservoir Site

/in , /by /Village Newsby Joe Naiman

The Rainbow Municipal Water District’s inactive Bonsall Reservoir is currently being leased for nursery use. Rainbow staff has been evaluating whether the site would be suitable for a photovoltaic energy generation facility but, until a decision is made, Rainbow has been providing agricultural leases. On May 25, Rainbow’s board voted 5-0 to approve a new […]

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