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.
Why This Bay Area Senator Was the Sole No Vote on Newsom’s Clean Water Plan
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /KQED Radio San Franciscoby Kevin StarkBob Wieckowski stands alone. He was the only state senator to vote against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to clean up dirty drinking water in the California’s poorest communities, which passed the Senate in a 38-1 vote on Monday.
You May Survive The Big One, But LA’s Water Supply May Not
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /KCRW Radio Los Angeles by Steve ChiotakisSeismologist Lucy Jones hikes through a dirt trail into a canyon, past a riverbed, and through some brush in Altadena. She kneels down and points at a thick layer of greenish-grey clay, snaking through the sloping terrain among rocks and dirt. “This is the fault! Isn’t it amazing?”
Helix Pledges Additional $2.5 Million For Padre Dam Reclaimed Water Plan
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Karen PearlmanThe Helix Water District says it remains committed to the East County Advanced Water Purification Project, a multimillion-dollar, multi-agency recycled water project facilitated by the Padre Dam Municipal Water District in Santee.
The State Cited San Diego Water Officials for Water Treatment Failure
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /Voice of San Diegoby Ry RivardFor the better part of a day this April, San Diego’s main drinking water treatment plant wasn’t doing everything it was supposed to do to kill viruses and a nasty parasite known as Giardia before reaching taps across parts of the city, North County, East County and South Bay.