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Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Receives Water Efficiency Award

/in , /by /SD Metro Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority presented its 2019 Water Innovation & Efficiency Award to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar for significantly reducing its overall potable water use through a successful water conservation program and new infrastructure for distributing reclaimed water.

MCAS Miramar embarked on a water conservation program about a decade ago, and through a $6 million investment, MCAS Miramar decreased its potable water use by more than 40 percent since 2007. In 2015, the commanding officer formed a water conservation board tasked with reducing the base’s overall potable water use.

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Daily Business Report- Water Authority Presents Kyocera With Water Innovation & Efficiency Award

/in , /by /San Diego Metro Magazine

The San Diego County Water Authority presented its 2018 Water Innovation & Efficiency Award to Kyocera for reducing its annual water use by more than 6 million gallons at its San Diego facility, a decrease of nearly 20 percent since 2014. The award marks the Water Authority’s inaugural effort to recognize water-efficiency investments among the region’s top manufacturing companies in conjunction with the Industrial Environmental Association. The 2018 Water Innovation & Efficiency Award was announced at the IEA’s 34th Annual Environmental Conference at the San Diego Convention Center.

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Daily Business Report- Jim Madaffer Elected Board Chair Of San Diego County Water Authority

/in , /by /San Diego Metro Magazine Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

New officers for the San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors were unanimously elected on Thursday, with Jim Madaffer starting his two-year term as board chair on Oct. 1. Madaffer, vice chair of the board for the past two years as a representative from the city of San Diego, will serve with incoming Vice Chair Gary Croucher, a board representative from the Otay Water District, and incoming Secretary Christy Guerin from the Olivenhain Municipal Water District.

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Daily Business Report-June 29: Wholesale Water Rates Kept In Check For 2019

/in , /by /San Diego Metro Magazine Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Wholesale water rates adopted Thursday by the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors include some of the smallest increases in the past 15 years due to successful litigation against the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and strategic use of financial reserves, the agency said. They also highlight a historic shift in water costs: The Water Authority’s independent supplies from the 2003 Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement are now less expensive for the region than supplies from MWD, and that difference will grow in the years ahead.

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Water Authority’s Proposed Rate Hikes Smallest In Years

/in , /by /San Diego Metro Magazine Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Water rate increases proposed by the San Diego County Water Authority staff for 2019 are among the smallest in the past 15 years due to financial benefits secured through litigation against the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Water Authority’s planned use of its Rate Stabilization Fund, the agency reported Thursday. Rates charged to the Water Authority’s 24 member agencies would increase by 0.9 percent for treated water and 2.9 percent for untreated water in calendar year 2019, according to a proposal to be presented to the Water Authority’s Board of Directors on Thursday, May 24.

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