San Diego County / Southern California
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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.
Upgrade For Desalination Project As It Plans Private Note Placement
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Bond Buyer (San Diego)by Keeley WebsterPoseidon Resources received a one-notch upgrade to BBB from Fitch Ratings ahead of plans to privately place a $45 million note to finance construction of a new intake system for its desalination plant in Carlsbad, California. Bank of America Merrill Lynch won the right to purchase the three-year note, expected to close in November, according […]
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 […]