Santa Clarita Valley residents are now receiving water from one of California’s first facilities that restore groundwater affected by a suspected manmade carcinogen, SCV Water Agency officials announced Monday. The move comes after the agency received the final permit to serve water from its first water treatment plant that combats per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or […]
As it enters its 20th year of planning and preparation, a desalination plant proposed near Doheny State Beach continues to be met with delays and uncertainty. In mid-2018, officials were predicting that the operation could be turning ocean water into drinking water as soon as 2021. Now, the project will be doing well to simply […]
The South Coast Air Quality Management District recently took a key step in setting wide-ranging goals to address air pollution in the eastern Coachella Valley, leaving local residents and politicians cautiously optimistic for the health of communities that have suffered from poor air quality for years. The new benchmarks, adopted on Dec. 4, come as part of […]
San Diego has largely escaped the conflagrations seen in other parts of California over the last several years. Experts have started to wonder: Is San Diego just lucky? Or is it doing something right?
SCV Water’s First PFAS Water Treatment Facility Now Serving Residents
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /The Signalby Tammy MurgaSanta Clarita Valley residents are now receiving water from one of California’s first facilities that restore groundwater affected by a suspected manmade carcinogen, SCV Water Agency officials announced Monday. The move comes after the agency received the final permit to serve water from its first water treatment plant that combats per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or […]
Doheny Desalination Plan Met with Caution, Delays
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /OC Registerby Martin WisckolAs it enters its 20th year of planning and preparation, a desalination plant proposed near Doheny State Beach continues to be met with delays and uncertainty. In mid-2018, officials were predicting that the operation could be turning ocean water into drinking water as soon as 2021. Now, the project will be doing well to simply […]
Air Quality Regulators Adopt Plan to Address Pollution in Eastern Coachella Valley
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Palm Springs Desert Sunby Mark OlaldeThe South Coast Air Quality Management District recently took a key step in setting wide-ranging goals to address air pollution in the eastern Coachella Valley, leaving local residents and politicians cautiously optimistic for the health of communities that have suffered from poor air quality for years. The new benchmarks, adopted on Dec. 4, come as part of […]
Lessons from San Diego’s Approach to Wildfires
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Voice of San Diegoby Diana LeonardSan Diego has largely escaped the conflagrations seen in other parts of California over the last several years. Experts have started to wonder: Is San Diego just lucky? Or is it doing something right?