Parents are being notified that a source of drinking water on the campus of a San Diego-area elementary school has tested positive for lead above the state guidelines.The drinking fountain near the lunch area of Birney Elementary School was one of the sources sampled in the San Diego Unified School District’s effort to test all […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /News Deeplyby Matt Weiser Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
California’s five-year drought was officially declared to be over in April. By many measures, it was the worst drought in the state’s recorded history. And it was brought to an end by one of the wettest single winters ever. As a result, most water agencies across the state have dropped their emergency water conservation rules. And, […]
Within five years, San Diegans will be sipping and bathing in water recycled from sewage, city officials declared Wednesday. A deal between local environmental groups and city officials to pursue a plan known as Pure Water San Diego, in lieu of upgrades to an aging wastewater treatment facility, seems to be coming to fruition after […]
Padre Dam Municipal Water District received regulatory conceptual approvals for the East County Advanced Water Purification Program from the California State Water Resources Control Board Division of Drinking Water. Additionally, the State Water Resources Control Board awarded Padre Dam $116.2 million as part of the Proposition 1 (Prop 1) Water Recycling Funding Program. The conceptual […]
Water Fountain At Birney Elementary School Has Levels Of Lead Above State Guidelines
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /NBC 7 San Diegoby Steven Luke, R. StickneyParents are being notified that a source of drinking water on the campus of a San Diego-area elementary school has tested positive for lead above the state guidelines.The drinking fountain near the lunch area of Birney Elementary School was one of the sources sampled in the San Diego Unified School District’s effort to test all […]
Why California Can’t Go Back to ‘Normal’ After Drought
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /News Deeplyby Matt Weiser Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityCalifornia’s five-year drought was officially declared to be over in April. By many measures, it was the worst drought in the state’s recorded history. And it was brought to an end by one of the wettest single winters ever. As a result, most water agencies across the state have dropped their emergency water conservation rules. And, […]
San Diego Will Recycle Sewage Into Drinking Water, Mayor Declares
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson SmithWithin five years, San Diegans will be sipping and bathing in water recycled from sewage, city officials declared Wednesday. A deal between local environmental groups and city officials to pursue a plan known as Pure Water San Diego, in lieu of upgrades to an aging wastewater treatment facility, seems to be coming to fruition after […]
Padre Dam Receives Conceptual Approvals, $116.2M for Water Purification Program
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /WaterWorldPadre Dam Municipal Water District received regulatory conceptual approvals for the East County Advanced Water Purification Program from the California State Water Resources Control Board Division of Drinking Water. Additionally, the State Water Resources Control Board awarded Padre Dam $116.2 million as part of the Proposition 1 (Prop 1) Water Recycling Funding Program. The conceptual […]