Poseidon Water could be headed back to the drawing board to better compensate for the marine life expected to be killed by its proposed desalination plant in Huntington Beach. After hearings this week for one of two remaining major permits needed for the project, several members of the Regional Water Quality Control Board indicated they […]
Two public agencies in San Diego County were recently honored with communications awards by the California Public Information Officers, a statewide professional trade group of communicators from public sector agencies. The City of San Marcos received CAPIO Epic Awards for its San Marcos Creek Project groundbreaking ceremony, held December 2019, as well as the project’s logo. The San […]
Progress continues on the city’s $66.3-million North Pleasant Valley Groundwater Desalter Facility, which has received nearly $5 million in federal funding. The grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation will be used for the desalter plant that will treat brackish groundwater from the nearby Pleasant Valley Groundwater Basin. The filtered water […]
Regional water board member Kris Murray is on track later this week to vote on a controversial desalination plant sponsored by a company and interest groups she took money from during past political campaigns. State regulators have identified more than $6,000 in campaign contributions that Murray fundraised for her Anaheim city council campaigns in 2014 and 2015 and county […]
Poseidon Desalination Proposal for Huntington Beach May Face New Requirements
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Orange County Register by Martin WisckolPoseidon Water could be headed back to the drawing board to better compensate for the marine life expected to be killed by its proposed desalination plant in Huntington Beach. After hearings this week for one of two remaining major permits needed for the project, several members of the Regional Water Quality Control Board indicated they […]
San Diego Public Agencies Win Communications Awards
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diego by Rick Griffin Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityTwo public agencies in San Diego County were recently honored with communications awards by the California Public Information Officers, a statewide professional trade group of communicators from public sector agencies. The City of San Marcos received CAPIO Epic Awards for its San Marcos Creek Project groundbreaking ceremony, held December 2019, as well as the project’s logo. The San […]
$5 Million in Federal Funding Granted for City’s Desalter
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Camarillo Acornby Brooke StanleyProgress continues on the city’s $66.3-million North Pleasant Valley Groundwater Desalter Facility, which has received nearly $5 million in federal funding. The grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation will be used for the desalter plant that will treat brackish groundwater from the nearby Pleasant Valley Groundwater Basin. The filtered water […]
Questions Over Water Official Who Took Money from Interests Pushing Desal She’s Voting On
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of OCby Brandon PhoRegional water board member Kris Murray is on track later this week to vote on a controversial desalination plant sponsored by a company and interest groups she took money from during past political campaigns. State regulators have identified more than $6,000 in campaign contributions that Murray fundraised for her Anaheim city council campaigns in 2014 and 2015 and county […]