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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
IID Energy Manager: I Was Ordered To Fire Engineers Who Were Replaced By Private Consultant
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Sammy RothImperial Irrigation District general manager Kevin Kelley threatened to fire the public agency’s energy manager if he didn’t participate in the abrupt dismissal of five longtime IID employees who were ultimately replaced by the private consulting firm ZGlobal Inc., according to sworn testimony made public for the first time this week.
Fallbrook Home Loads Up On Colors Of The Desert
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Nan StermanRing the entry bell to Patrick Anderson and Les Olsen’s Fallbrook, California, garden, and the tall, redheaded Anderson is likely to greet you wearing teal-colored trousers and a melon orange shirt. His colorful persona, both inside and out, is only a hint of what’s to come. Anderson’s tour starts at the streetside garden he designed […]
EPA’s Move To Fast-Track Orange County Groundwater Cleanup Questioned
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Los Angeles Timesby Tony Barboza and Louis SahagunWhen a contaminated aquifer in Orange County made U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s list of top-priority sites for “immediate, intense action,” the local water district was quick to highlight the announcement. But questions of political favoritism are swirling over Pruitt’s decision in December to prioritize cleaning the Orange County North Basin groundwater pollution plume beneath […]
Glen Peterson To Retire From LVMWD
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /The Acorn (Agoura Hills)After serving on the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District board of directors for over 30 years and on the Metropolitan Water District more than 25, Glen Peterson announced he will retire at the end of the year. The 68-year-old Peterson became a leading expert on water issues in his three decades with water district. “Glen […]