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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
State Water Tax Bill Opposed by San Diego County Taxpayers Association
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /NBC 7 San Diego by Brie Stimson and Joe LittleThe first ever proposed tax on water usage is making its way through the California State Assembly. SB623, the “Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund” bill, would charge every household in the state an additional 95 cents a month, which would pay to operate treatment plants in rural areas where water is polluted. Under existing law, […]
Environment Report: No Bond Money For City Water Project
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /Voice of San Diegoby Ry RivardStaff at the state Water Commission, tasked with handing out $2.7 billion from a 2014 water bond, are still unwilling to fund a water recycling plant in the city of San Diego. Earlier this month, commission staff concluded that the recycling plant would have no public benefit.
OPINION: For San Diego’s Quality of Life, What Gets Measured Gets Managed
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /Times of San Diegoby Peter James MacCracken and Mikaela Bolling Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe Equinox Project of the Center for Sustainable Energy has a pretty good idea of what comprises “quality of life,” having just released its 2018 San Diego Regional Quality of Life Dashboard reporting on 15 indicators of just that … quality of life. Available to everyone online, this is the ninth annual dashboard.
How Jerry Brown Helped Get The Tunnels Deal Across The Finish Line
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /Voice of San Diegoby Sara Libby Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityBefore some members of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted this week to spend $11 billion on a new water project, several of them got a call from Gov. Jerry Brown urging them to support the project. For decades, Brown has been working to improve the north-south water delivery system created by his […]