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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
Moulton Niguel Water District Agrees To Pay $4.8 Million In Wastewater Dispute
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Orange County Registerby Martin WisckolThe Moulton Niguel Water District has agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle a 3-year dispute with South Orange County Wastewater Authority, which processes a portion of the district’s wastewater, according to a settlement agreement released Monday. Moulton Niguel wanted to terminate funding obligations for a treatment plant run by the wastewater authority, the Coastal […]
There’s So Much Plastic, It’s Falling From The Sky
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityIt is raining plastic, according to federal researchers. A new paper by the U.S. Geological Survey finds that plastic is circulating in the atmosphere and falling from the sky near Denver and in Rocky Mountain National Park. Similar research shows that tiny bits of plastic are being blown across the globe, landing in such remote […]
OPINION: Why Orange County And California’s Drinking Water Should Not Go To Waste
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Garry BrownCalifornia is in a drinking water crisis. Across the state, residents pay billions of dollars for clean drinking water and we use this water only once. We drink the water, then it goes to coastal sewage treatment plants, which carry out various levels of sewage treatment, then gets dumped into the ocean through outfall pipes […]
Fresh Rain And Light Snow Expected In San Diego County Tuesday Night
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by Gary RobbinsAnother unseasonably cold Pacific storm will blow ashore late Tuesday night, bringing showers to the coast, heavier rain to inland foothills and valleys, and about one inch of snow to the top of Mount Laguna, says the National Weather Service. The storm will produce sporadic precipitation at the coast until Thursday, producing roughly 0.25 of […]