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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
On Stressed Colorado River, States Test How Many More Diversions Watershed Can Bear
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KUNC (Greeley, Colo.)by Luke RunyonThe Colorado River is short on water. But you wouldn’t know it by looking at a slate of proposed water projects in the river’s Upper Basin states of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. The river and its tributaries provide water for 40 million people in the Southwest. For about the last 20 years, demand for water […]
Blue-Green Algae Treated At Lake Skinner Near Temecula, As Other Lakes Recover From Blooms
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Press-Enterprise (Riverside)by Ryan HagenThe season of toxic algae blooms is here. A helicopter crew spread copper sulfate over Lake Skinner near Temecula on Thursday, June 6, to combat a cyanobacteria bloom — also known as blue-green algae — that had been producing some cyanotoxins and unpleasant tastes and odors. The bloom doesn’t endanger water that will be delivered […]
Big Boost Of Water Is Headed To Ventura County’s Overstressed Groundwater Basins
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Ventura County Starby Cheriann CarlsonIn a first-of-its-kind move, the Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency agreed to pay up to $3 million to help recharge overstressed groundwater resources in Ventura County. The money will buy roughly 15,000 acre-feet of water, which started spilling out of Santa Felicia Dam at Lake Piru Monday. From there, the water rushes down creeks and […]
CWA Authorizes Water Audit Contract With Mission RCD
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Village Newsby Joe Naiman Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority authorized a contract with the Mission Resource Conservation District to administer the SDCWA’s WaterSmart Field Services Program. The May 23 CWA board action authorized CWA acting general manager Sandra Kerl to enter into a three-year contract with the Mission RCD which will pay $260,000 for administration of the WaterSmart […]