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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
Halla Razak, Inland Empire Utilities Agency GM, Announces Resignation Effective Dec. 31
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /California Water News DailyCiting family circumstances, Inland Empire Utilities Agency’s (IEUA) General Manager Halla Razak, has tendered her resignation effective Dec. 31. Razak her served as IEUA’s general manager since Dec. 1 of last year. Razak joined IEUA after a 19-year tenure with the city of San Diego. Her last position with the city was as director of […]
Mudslides Offer A Preview Of What Could Be A Wet Winter In Southern California
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Hannah Fry, Rong-Gong Lin II, Hailey Branson-Potts, Alejandra Reyes-Velarde and Richard WintonAs heavy rain pelted Hollywood Burbank Airport on Thursday morning, the pilot of Southwest Flight 278 out of Oakland came over the intercom with a warning: The runway was short and wet. It was going to be a bumpy landing. Paris Organist, a 31-year-old Oakland resident sitting in the front row, put up his foot […]
San Diego’s Wildfire Danger Plunges After Back-To-Back Storms
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Gary RobbinsThe second major storm of December dropped far more rain than expected in San Diego County, greatly reducing a wildfire threat that was dangerously high barely a month ago. University Heights received 3.23’’ of rain and Oceanside got 2.82” Both figures are more than twice as high as precipitation projected by the National Weather Service. During a 12 minute […]
$56M In Water, Wastewater Upgrades Planned For Calexico
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Imperial Valley Pressby Julio MoralesThe city of Calexico is planning to spend more than $50 million on improvements for its outdated water and wastewater infrastructure as part of its five-year capital improvement plan. The monies will come from a combination of recently approved — and controversial — water and sewer rate changes, as well as the anticipated sale of […]