You cannot see it, smell, or taste it. But lead in drinking water can be toxic, especially to children. The San Diego Unified School District has a new way to deal with this growing concern with its clean water program. At Clay Elementary School Tuesday, the San Diego Unified showed off its proposed solution to […]
The San Diego Unified School Board met today at 5 o’clock and unanimously approved a proposal to have “drinking water-filtration” in all of its schools. The proposal is the result of something that happened in 2017. The state authorized California’s school districts to ask their water providers for a sampling of the schools’ drinking water. […]
New water filtration stations will be installed at all San Diego Unified School District campuses over the next four years in response to concerns over water quality in the wake of the discovery of high lead levels at several campuses. Water quality has been a concern for SDUSD since 2017 when NBC 7 Investigates started […]
Though the flow of millions of gallons of sewage from Tijuana into San Diego has been happening for decades, local officials have been mounting pressure to address the issue over the last year. Some of the candidates vying to represent District 1 on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, which encompasses the areas most […]
Getting the Lead out of School Drinking Water
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBSby Maya TrabulsiYou cannot see it, smell, or taste it. But lead in drinking water can be toxic, especially to children. The San Diego Unified School District has a new way to deal with this growing concern with its clean water program. At Clay Elementary School Tuesday, the San Diego Unified showed off its proposed solution to […]
New Safe Drinking Water Plan for San Diego City Schools Approved
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KUSI News by Ed LendermanThe San Diego Unified School Board met today at 5 o’clock and unanimously approved a proposal to have “drinking water-filtration” in all of its schools. The proposal is the result of something that happened in 2017. The state authorized California’s school districts to ask their water providers for a sampling of the schools’ drinking water. […]
SDUSD Approves New Filtered Water Stations Across District
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC 7 (San Diego)by Lauren CoronadoNew water filtration stations will be installed at all San Diego Unified School District campuses over the next four years in response to concerns over water quality in the wake of the discovery of high lead levels at several campuses. Water quality has been a concern for SDUSD since 2017 when NBC 7 Investigates started […]
D1 Candidates Split on the County’s Role in Addressing the Border Sewage Crisis
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diego by Maya SrikrishnanThough the flow of millions of gallons of sewage from Tijuana into San Diego has been happening for decades, local officials have been mounting pressure to address the issue over the last year. Some of the candidates vying to represent District 1 on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, which encompasses the areas most […]