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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
Olivenhain Municipal Water District Designated as State’s Medium Recycled Water Agency Of The Year
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /California Water News DailyOlivenhain Municipal Water District (OMWD) was recognized late last month as the medium-sized Agency of the Year by the WaterReuse Association of California. The award honors OMWD’s development of local and regional recycled water resources that conserve potable water, as well as its leadership and its outreach to legislators, regulators, and large irrigators. OMWD was […]
For Long Term Water Supply, U.S. Officials Look to Mexico
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Voice of San Diego by Ry RivardAn increasing number of solutions to California and Arizona’s long term water problems now involve Mexico. Some of the ideas are seemingly far-fetched, like a pipeline to bring water from the Gulf of California to the Salton Sea in Imperial County. Some are already happening, like Mexico agreeing to reduce its water use in the […]
OPINION: It’s Time To Push The Pause Button On The Cadiz Water Project
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Press Enterprise (Riverside)by Richard Roth“Whiskey’s for drinking and water’s for fighting,” a quote frequently if probably erroneously attributed to Mark Twain, is as true a statement today as it was during Twain’s time in the 19th and early 20th centuries. And, for the past 20 years, there certainly has been plenty of fighting going on over the amount of […]
A Dry Desert With Its History Surrounded By Stories Of Water
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sunby Tracy ConradDespite its designation as a desert, the Coachella Valley is blessed with water. The very names associated with the most prominent places and businesses in the desert, such as the Oasis Hotel, Mineral Springs Hotel, Deep Well, Indian Wells, Palm Springs, Snow Creek, and Tahquitz River Estates, all conjure up pretty images of water. But […]