San Dieguito Water District representative Mark Muir was Thursday elected chairman of the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors. Muir, an Encinitas councilman, succeeds Mark Weston, who chaired the 36-seat SDCWA board for two years during the height of the drought. “While supply conditions have improved this year, our region still faces many […]
The next two years of leadership on the San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors were cemented Thursday with the election of the agency’s board officers, whose terms will begin Oct. 1. Encinitas City Councilman Mark Muir, who represents the San Dieguito Water District on the Water Authority’s Board and has served as the […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /KUSI by Ed Lenderman Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Closed for eight years because of a dam-raising project, the San Vicente Reservoir reopened to the public Wednesday. The city of San Diego-owned body of water in the East County will be available for boating and fishing. The marina will include a six-lane boat ramp, concessions stand to rent boats and supplies, parking lot for more than 300 vehicles […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Deborah Sullivan Brennan Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination Plant
Most San Diegans are drinking water containing hexavalent chromium at levels higher than the goals set by California’s scientists, but that fall well below the state’s legal limits for the toxic metal, a new report by the Environmental Working Group found. The report, released Wednesday, seeks to draw attention to a chemical that’s ubiquitous in drinking water […]
Encinitas Councilman to Lead San Diego County Water Authority Board
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Hoa Quach Quoted: Mark MuirSan Dieguito Water District representative Mark Muir was Thursday elected chairman of the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors. Muir, an Encinitas councilman, succeeds Mark Weston, who chaired the 36-seat SDCWA board for two years during the height of the drought. “While supply conditions have improved this year, our region still faces many […]
Encinitas Councilman Elected Chair of San Diego Water Authority Board
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Encinitas Patchby Maggie Avants Quoted: Mark MuirThe next two years of leadership on the San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors were cemented Thursday with the election of the agency’s board officers, whose terms will begin Oct. 1. Encinitas City Councilman Mark Muir, who represents the San Dieguito Water District on the Water Authority’s Board and has served as the […]
San Vicente Reservoir Reopened To Public
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KUSI by Ed Lenderman Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityClosed for eight years because of a dam-raising project, the San Vicente Reservoir reopened to the public Wednesday. The city of San Diego-owned body of water in the East County will be available for boating and fishing. The marina will include a six-lane boat ramp, concessions stand to rent boats and supplies, parking lot for more than 300 vehicles […]
Is Chromium in Drinking Water a Health Risk?
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Deborah Sullivan Brennan Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination PlantMost San Diegans are drinking water containing hexavalent chromium at levels higher than the goals set by California’s scientists, but that fall well below the state’s legal limits for the toxic metal, a new report by the Environmental Working Group found. The report, released Wednesday, seeks to draw attention to a chemical that’s ubiquitous in drinking water […]