San Diego County / Southern California

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There’s A Lot More Solar San Diego Can Tap, Siting Survey Says

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Rob Nikolewski

Home to more than 100,000 solar installations, San Diego is one of the nation’s leaders when it comes to renewable energy. But according to a just-released report, there are many more locations where the sun’s energy can be harnessed. A nonprofit based in Northern California released a “solar siting survey” that identified 500-megawatts of locations […]

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New Escondido Council Poised To Rescind Siting Of Recycled Water Plant

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby J. Harry Jones

The new majority on the Escondido City Council appears poised to rescind the former council’s 2017 decision to locate a $44 million recycled water plant in the middle of a residential area. “It’s the wrong location,” newly elected Mayor Paul “Mac” McNamara said Friday of the site in the center of the city at the […]

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Things Are Getting Crazy On The Colorado River

/in , /by /The Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard

The Colorado River may not look like it, but it’s one of the world’s largest banks. The river is not only the source of much of the American West’s economic productivity – San Diego, Phoenix and Denver would hardly exist without it – but its water is now the central commodity in a complex accounting […]

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Creative Kids Educate Region About Water Conservation

/in , /by /Water News Network

Eighteen talented San Diego, Coronado and Imperial Beach elementary school students used their artistic skills to communicate the importance of water conservation in the City of San Diego’s Public Utilities Department 18th annual Kids Poster Contest. Winning entries in the contest are featured in the 2019 Water Conservation Calendar, which debuts this month. They are […]

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