The state’s Department of Water Resources has a grant program for Integrated Regional Water Management projects, and the most recent award of grants includes $687,500 to the Fallbrook Public Utility District for an indirect potable reuse pilot project. DWR officially awarded $15 million in grant funds to the San Diego County Water Authority, July 8. […]
The San Diego County Department of Environmental Health announced Wednesday it has extended the existing water contact closure area at the Tijuana Slough shoreline north to include the Imperial Beach shoreline. Sewage-contaminated runoff in the Tijuana River has been entering the Tijuana Estuary, and observations indicate contamination of ocean water now extends from the International […]
East San Diego County firefighters and first responders will be better prepared to respond to emergencies due to improved communication capacity through a new partnership with the Helix Water District. The Heartland Communication Facility Authority recently installed a new radio repeater on Helix Water’s Calavo tank, located near Mt. Helix.
A largely ignored waterway in El Cajon is about to get some much-needed TLC through $2 million in grant money. Broadway Creek, a sliver in the 52-mile San Diego River watershed, runs behind businesses along Broadway. Much of the creek and its wetland habitat sit between homes and an apartment complex near Magnolia Avenue, in […]
FPUD Awarded Grant for Indirect Potable Reuse Pilot Project
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Fallbrook Village News by Joe Naiman Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityQuoted: San Diego County Water Authority
The state’s Department of Water Resources has a grant program for Integrated Regional Water Management projects, and the most recent award of grants includes $687,500 to the Fallbrook Public Utility District for an indirect potable reuse pilot project. DWR officially awarded $15 million in grant funds to the San Diego County Water Authority, July 8. […]
Runoff From Tijuana River Closes Imperial Beach Shoreline
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Times of San Diegoby Christine HuardThe San Diego County Department of Environmental Health announced Wednesday it has extended the existing water contact closure area at the Tijuana Slough shoreline north to include the Imperial Beach shoreline. Sewage-contaminated runoff in the Tijuana River has been entering the Tijuana Estuary, and observations indicate contamination of ocean water now extends from the International […]
New Helix Water District Connection Improves Emergency Communication
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News NetworkEast San Diego County firefighters and first responders will be better prepared to respond to emergencies due to improved communication capacity through a new partnership with the Helix Water District. The Heartland Communication Facility Authority recently installed a new radio repeater on Helix Water’s Calavo tank, located near Mt. Helix.
El Cajon To Use About $2 Million to Save Local Waterway
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The San Diego Union Tribuneby Karen PearlmanA largely ignored waterway in El Cajon is about to get some much-needed TLC through $2 million in grant money. Broadway Creek, a sliver in the 52-mile San Diego River watershed, runs behind businesses along Broadway. Much of the creek and its wetland habitat sit between homes and an apartment complex near Magnolia Avenue, in […]