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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
Montecito Water, Sanitary Districts Signal Readiness to Work Together on Recycled Water Project
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Noozhawk (Santa Barbara)by Giana MagnoliRecycled water may be on its way to Montecito. The Montecito Water District’s long-range plans set goals of having 85-percent of its supplies come from “local, reliable, drought-proof” sources by 2025, including desalination, groundwater banking, and recycled water. It depends heavily on surface water now, from the State Water Project, Lake Cachuma, and to a lesser extent its […]
Environment Report: County Penalized for Sewage Spill Into Local River
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Voice of San Diegoby Ry RivardSan Diego County has agreed to pay nearly $700,000 for a pipeline rupture that dumped raw sewage into a San Diego River tributary. The spill sent about 760,000 gallons of sewage into Los Coches Creek in February and March 2017, violating the federal Clean Water Act, among other state and federal rules. Those rules allowed […]
City Won’t Say How $3B Pure Water Project Will Affect Customers’ Bills
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Voice of San Diegoby Ry RivardSan Diego is in the midst of spending roughly $3 billion on a massive new water treatment system, but city officials can’t or won’t tell customers how that will affect their water bills. New water recycling plants will eventually purify enough sewage to provide a third of the city’s drinking water. In November, the City […]
Scattered Showers, Wind and High Surf to Impact San Diego County Ahead of Third Storm Cell
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /10 News (San Diego)by Zac SelfScattered showers are expected to continue Sunday as the second storm moves out, making way for a third storm system to move in Sunday evening. According to the National Weather Service, rain will continue throughout the afternoon Sunday before a third storm cell brings lighter precipitation Monday and Tuesday. “The showers could linger into Wednesday […]