San Diego County / Southern California
The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.
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.
San Diego Company Awarded EPA Grant To Develop Water Quality Testing Tech
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Debbie L. SklarThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it awarded a $100,000 contract to a San Diego-based technology company to develop technology to monitor water quality. The grant, awarded to 2W iTech LLC, is one of nearly two dozen awarded by the EPA through its Small Business Innovation Research program. The EPA awarded grants worth a […]
Five Most Fascinating L.A. Dams, Where Disasters Struck And Catastrophes Were Averted
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KCETby Sandi HemmerleinIn the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there was one surefire way for man to conquer nature in Southern California. Build a dam. With dams, water agencies could control the flow of raging rivers, stockpile emergency water supplies and even create giant lakes out of natural dry (or mildly soggy) basins. But the water that was […]
Rep. Scott Peters Pledges Town Hall On Climate Crisis Following Activist Pressure To Support Green New Deal
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson SmithRep. Scott Peters of San Diego has agreed to hold a town hall meeting on climate issues following months of pressure by local activists on him and other members of Congress to support the Green New Deal. Peters’ announcement comes after Rep. Susan Davis, D-San Diego, cosponsored the hotly debated resolution in June, which calls on the […]
San Diego’s Water Portfolio Approach ‘Model for California’
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News Network Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityState officials Thursday toured San Diego County water infrastructure to get a first-hand look at the region’s successful water portfolio approach for supply diversification. California Natural Resources Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot, Deputy Natural Resources Secretary Thomas Gibson, State Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross, and State Water Resources Board Chair E. Joaquin Esquivel […]