San Diego County / Southern California

The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.

California Border School Districts Ask for Sewage State of Emergency to Protect Students’ Health

As of Monday morning, water tainted with untreated sewage from Mexico was flowing at 171 million gallons per day, according to the International Boundary and Water Commission. The IBWC is also reporting that so far this year, the transboundary volume in the Tijuana River has been 25.3 billion gallons, although it says the composition of […]

Why is San Vicente Reservoir So Full?

After two years of above-average rainfall, the reservoirs in San Diego are at near capacity.  San Vicente’s reservoir waterfalls are spilling in to help raise the water level, but what does that mean as we head into the Summer months?

Court Approves 3M Settlement Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Public Drinking Water Systems

Chemical manufacturer 3M will begin payments starting in the third quarter to many U.S. public drinking water systems as part of a multi-billion-dollar settlement over contamination with potentially harmful compounds used in firefighting foam and several consumer products, the company said.

Environment Report: US Steps Up Watchdog Role Over Tijuana Sewage System

Years ago, in a moment of despair over the utter dead-end that solving the Tijuana River sewage crisis seemed to be, I asked U.S. officials why we don’t just cross the border and start fixing broken pipes in Mexico.