San Diego County / Southern California

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SDUSD Suggests Lead Testing for University Heights Students

/in /by /NBC San Diegoby Ashley Matthews

The San Diego Unified School District is trying to calm concerns of parents at Alice Birney Elementary School in University Heights after high levels of lead were found in the drinking water. At the same time, it was suggested that parents have their children tested for exposure to lead by their family doctors. The drinking […]

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Data Point: Water Woes

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Daniel Wheaton

America is due for new pipes, aqueducts and water mains, and the public is probably going to pay for it. Aging water systems will need a repair — either by prudent maintenance or in response to water main breaks — and utilities will have to pass the costs on to consumers. Exactly how much and […]

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Floating Solar Panels Possible Wave Of Future

/in /by /Fox 5 San Diegoby Jaime Chambers Quoted: Kelly Rodgers

A plan to use floating solar panels at the Olivenhain Reservoir has been moving forward. The first solar array of its kind has been billed as a triple technology threat by producing energy saving water and cutting costs all at the same time. “I think the technology has matured. There are more companies in the […]

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San Diego Unified Found Lead at a School – and Told One Parent

/in /by /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard

Last fall, months before San Diego Unified School District began testing all schools’ drinking water for lead, it did a special round of tests a Sunset View Elementary in Point Loma. The district found lead but didn’t tell parents. Rather, it told one parent – the one who’d requested a lead test. The lead was […]

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