For more than two decades, cleaning up the Tijuana River has been one of my top priorities. The wastewater, trash and sediment that continues to flow into San Diego County are a danger to public health and our economy and it must be addressed. Over the past year we’ve made real strides to fix the […]
Funds to support 3rd grade students in the Escondido Union School District have been awarded to The Escondido Creek Conservancy. The Conservancy has been awarded a national grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Planet Stewards Education Project to fund environmental education and stewardship in Escondido. The program will support 3rd grade students in […]
The county Department of Environmental Health issued a water contact closure for the northern boundary of Torrey Pines State Beach, north of Carmel Valley Road in the city of Del Mar, due to a sewage spill. The sewage spill has been contained, but an estimated release of 1,800 gallons of effluent entered the storm drain, […]
The Fallbrook Public Utility District is in the process of replacing Automatic Meter Reading meters with Advanced Metering Infrastructure meters, and a July 27 FPUD board vote approved the purchases for the fifth year of the program. The 5-0 vote approved $532,088.90 of purchases including sales tax for meters, encoder receiver transmitters, and antennas. The […]
Opinion: No One is Actually in Charge of Solving the Border Sewage Crisis
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Voice of San Diegoby Dianne FeinsteinFor more than two decades, cleaning up the Tijuana River has been one of my top priorities. The wastewater, trash and sediment that continues to flow into San Diego County are a danger to public health and our economy and it must be addressed. Over the past year we’ve made real strides to fix the […]
Escondido Creek Conservancy Receives NOAA Grant for Environmental Education
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Escondido Times-AdvocateFunds to support 3rd grade students in the Escondido Union School District have been awarded to The Escondido Creek Conservancy. The Conservancy has been awarded a national grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Planet Stewards Education Project to fund environmental education and stewardship in Escondido. The program will support 3rd grade students in […]
Sewage Spill Near Torrey Pines Closes Part of State Beach
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Times of San Diegoby Christine HuardThe county Department of Environmental Health issued a water contact closure for the northern boundary of Torrey Pines State Beach, north of Carmel Valley Road in the city of Del Mar, due to a sewage spill. The sewage spill has been contained, but an estimated release of 1,800 gallons of effluent entered the storm drain, […]
FPUD Approves Meter Replacement Purchases
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Village News (Fallbrook)by Joe NaimanThe Fallbrook Public Utility District is in the process of replacing Automatic Meter Reading meters with Advanced Metering Infrastructure meters, and a July 27 FPUD board vote approved the purchases for the fifth year of the program. The 5-0 vote approved $532,088.90 of purchases including sales tax for meters, encoder receiver transmitters, and antennas. The […]