San Diego County / Southern California

The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.

102- Member Chamber Delegation Heading to Sacramento to Lobby for San Diego

/in , /by /Times of San Diego by Chris Jennewein

The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce will lead a delegation of 102 business, community and civic leaders to Sacramento Tuesday to lobby for legislation benefiting local business and job creation. The two-day “Leadership Delegation to Sacramento” will be the largest such delegation the chamber has sent to the Capitol. Jerry Sanders, President and CEO […]

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Getting the Lead out of School Drinking Water

/in , /by /KPBSby Maya Trabulsi

You cannot see it, smell, or taste it. But lead in drinking water can be toxic, especially to children. The San Diego Unified School District has a new way to deal with this growing concern with its clean water program. At Clay Elementary School Tuesday, the San Diego Unified showed off its proposed solution to […]

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New Safe Drinking Water Plan for San Diego City Schools Approved

/in , /by /KUSI News by Ed Lenderman

The San Diego Unified School Board met today at 5 o’clock and unanimously approved a proposal to have “drinking water-filtration” in all of its schools. The proposal is the result of something that happened in 2017. The state authorized California’s school districts to ask their water providers for a sampling of the schools’ drinking water. […]

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SDUSD Approves New Filtered Water Stations Across District

/in , /by /NBC 7 (San Diego)by Lauren Coronado

New water filtration stations will be installed at all San Diego Unified School District campuses over the next four years in response to concerns over water quality in the wake of the discovery of high lead levels at several campuses. Water quality has been a concern for SDUSD since 2017 when NBC 7 Investigates started […]

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