San Diego County / Southern California

The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.

How They Voted, May 14

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Laura Groch Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The Carlsbad City Council met in closed session Tuesday to discuss litigation. In open session, the council held a hearing and approved a plan to demolish three office/commercial buildings and build 33 residential condos on three floors at 800 Grand Ave. A resolution to start the process for by-district council elections was approved 3-2. The […]

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New Diamond Valley Lake Recreation Plans Moving Forward

/in /by /Valley News (Fallbrook) by Tony Ault

It has been many years, but for the cities of Hemet and San Jacinto the dream of creating an area surrounding Diamond Valley Lake into a major regional recreation park is finally taking shape with a memorandum of intent signed by the five major entities involved. The long-sought MOI now signed by the city of […]

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Are Floating Solar Panels Energy’s New Frontier?

/in /by /KQED News by David Gorn Quoted: Kelly Rodgers

When you’re trying to generate a lot more solar power, you’re limited by the size and heft of those big solar panels. Where can you put them? The answer so far has been the desert, or on rooftops. There have even been efforts to put panels on top of landfill sites. Solar entrepreneur Troy Helming […]

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OPINION: The Value Of Water Independence

/in /by /The Orange County Register by Carolyn Cavecche Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Twenty years ago, the elected officials who served on the boards of the Orange County Sanitation District and Orange County Water District had a visionary idea to recycle treated wastewater to drinking water standards and percolate that water into our underground aquifer where it could eventually be used again for drinking water. The project — […]

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