Most people take it for granted. You turn the faucet on, and water comes out. But it isn’t that simple. In fact, it’s far more complicated to fill a glass with clean drinking water. That’s one of the reasons why the City of San Diego’s Public Utilities Department is mailing residents the annual Drinking Water […]
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego will host a major research initiative funded by the federal government. UC San Diego will host the Cooperative Institute for Marine, Earth and Atmospheric systems, and it will get up to $220 million in funding for research over a five-year period. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]
The urgent evacuation of 10,000 people from communities below two failing dams in central Michigan last month prevented the loss of life, but the collapsed dams expelled billions of gallons of water from two large lakes, sending them hurtling downstream in a powerful rush of destruction. Water ripped buildings off their foundations, smashed and twisted […]
Water pollution from Tijuana sewage runoff has once again shuttered the Imperial Beach shoreline. The County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health on Saturday extended north the existing beach water-contact closure area at the Tijuana Slough shoreline to now also include the Imperial Beach shoreline.
Water’s Long Journey to Your Faucet
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC 7 San Diegoby Joe LittleMost people take it for granted. You turn the faucet on, and water comes out. But it isn’t that simple. In fact, it’s far more complicated to fill a glass with clean drinking water. That’s one of the reasons why the City of San Diego’s Public Utilities Department is mailing residents the annual Drinking Water […]
Major Ocean Research Effort Centered in San Diego
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBS-FM/TVby Erik AndersonThe Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego will host a major research initiative funded by the federal government. UC San Diego will host the Cooperative Institute for Marine, Earth and Atmospheric systems, and it will get up to $220 million in funding for research over a five-year period. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]
Thousands Fled for Their Lives When Two Michigan Dams Collapsed. More Disasters Are Coming, Experts Say
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /NBC 7 San DiegoThe urgent evacuation of 10,000 people from communities below two failing dams in central Michigan last month prevented the loss of life, but the collapsed dams expelled billions of gallons of water from two large lakes, sending them hurtling downstream in a powerful rush of destruction. Water ripped buildings off their foundations, smashed and twisted […]
Tijuana Sewage Runoff Prompts County to Extend Beach Closure to Imperial Beach
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The San Diego Union Tribuneby Wendy FryWater pollution from Tijuana sewage runoff has once again shuttered the Imperial Beach shoreline. The County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health on Saturday extended north the existing beach water-contact closure area at the Tijuana Slough shoreline to now also include the Imperial Beach shoreline.