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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
Water Conservation Garden Celebrates 20th Anniversary Nov. 16
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News NetworkTwenty years ago, people who saw a need to help people conserve water and preserve San Diego’s environment conceived the idea for a demonstration garden. The Water Conservation Garden celebrates its 20th-anniversary Saturday, November 16 at 5 p.m. with a benefit concert featuring food and drink stations, dancing, auction items and live music provided by […]
Joint Powers Authority Formed To Oversee East County Water Purification Project
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by Karen PearlmanA government oversight group has been formed to help four local entities keep Padre Dam Municipal Water District’s recycled water treatment plans flowing smoothly. Earlier this month, representatives from Padre Dam, the city of El Cajon and the County of San Diego took part in the initial formation meeting of the East County Advanced Water […]
What Will Winter Hold? Make a Guess, Win a Ski Weekend
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Robert KrierSan Diego may be riding a precipitation see-saw that’s swinging downward. After a wet year that followed an extremely dry one, rainfall could be scarce again during the 2019-20 rainfall season. It has been so far. Or, the atmospheric patterns that led to a wet and reservoir-renewing winter in California last year could return. There’s […]
Spaletta Chosen as FPUD Special Counsel for Santa Margarita Water Rights
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Village News (Fallbrook, Calif.)by Joe NaimanThe Fallbrook Public Utility District will use Jennifer Spaletta as FPUD’s special counsel for matters involving Santa Margarita River water rights. A 5-0 FPUD board vote, Oct. 28, approved the legal services agreement with Spaletta Law. Spaletta replaces Martha Lennihan, who retired. “We just retained another water rights attorney with a lot of experience and […]