San Diego County / Southern California

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Oceanside Leads County With Plan to Make Recycled Water Safe to Drink

/in , , /by /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Phil Diehl

OCEANSIDE — Oceanside celebrated the start of construction Wednesday on a project that could make it the first city in San Diego County to be drinking recycled water by 2022. At least two other cities or water districts are close behind on similar projects, and several more agencies are considering plans to make potable recycled […]

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Supervisor Cox Unveils Mental Health Initiatives in Final State-of-The-County Address

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

Board of Supervisors Chairman Greg Cox unveiled new initiatives on mental health and at-risk youth Wednesday during the annual State of the County speech, part of an ambitious agenda that also includes giving young people a greater voice on policy and advancing more clean energy projects.  

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Proposed Changes to County Landscape Ordinance Would Reduce Water Use by 40%

/in , , /by /Valley RoadRunner

The County’s Planning & Development Services is preparing to release draft documents for public review this week related to the project called Water Efficiency Updates to the Landscape Ordinance. This project will update the County’s Landscape Ordinance to codify requirements set forth by the County’s Climate Action Plan Measures W-1.2 and A-2.1. PDS began implementing […]

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Oceanside Breaks Ground on Advanced Water Purification Plant

/in , /by /KUSI News (San Diego)by Dan Plante

OCEANSIDE (KUSI) – Oceanside officials broke ground Wednesday on Pure Water Oceanside, a recycled-water purification plant billed as the first of its kind in the county. The $67 million project will take water from Oceanside’s San Luis Rey Water Reclamation Facility and purify it to drinking water standards in a way project proponents describe as […]

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