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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.
Mexico Pledges To Fight Cross-border Sewage Spills
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Recorder (Porterville, Calif.)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says it will rehabilitate five pumping stations in the border city of Tijuana to prevent cross-border sewage spills that have angered U.S. communities in the San Diego area. The Foreign Relations Department said Wednesday the two countries “are in talks to sign a bilateral agreement that will establish commitments” on […]
Nursery Fined For Contaminating Nearby Creek
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Fox 5 San Diego by City News ServiceThe California State Water Resources Control Board announced Wednesday that a Fallbrook commercial nursery was fined $18,132 for violating local wastewater discharge requirements for commercial agriculture businesses. The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board, a regional partner agency of the state board, inspected Hines Growers Inc. in February, during which staff members observed waste […]
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Gets $4.9M Grant to Find Cause of Deadly Algae Blooms
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Bradley J. FikesHarmful algae blooms periodically erupt off the West Coast, injuring or killing marine mammals and costing fisheries millions. To better understand and predict these blooms, UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been awarded a $4.9 million federal grant. The five-year grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was announced Monday. It’s […]
Artwork From 4 Area Students to be Featured in 2020 ‘Water is Life’ Calendar
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /La Cañada Valley Sunby Valley Sun StaffFour students living within the Foothill Municipal Water District service area were named finalists in this year’s “Water is Life” art contest. Their works made the final selection of 36 drawings that will be included in the 2020 Metropolitan Water District of Southern California calendar. Crescenta Valley High School ninth-grader Heidy Hur, La Cañada High […]