San Diego regional water news roundup Feb 17-23, 2011
Posted by George J Janczyn on February 24, 2011
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Historic designation sought for San Diego’s North Park water tower / Associated Content from Yahoo : “It’s been a photogenic landmark in San Diego’s North Park neighborhood since the 1920s. It’s the North Park water tower, officially labeled the University Heights Reservoir.” |
Board continues to limit customer exposure to wholesale rate increases / Olivenhain Municipal Water District : “As a result of continuing, drastic rate increases by the region’s water wholesalers, Olivenhain Municipal Water District customers will see a rate increase of 8.85% effective April 1, 2011. OMWD’s rate increase is driven by increased purchased water wholesale costs of 14.7%…” |
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IB beaches closed by sewage runoff / SignOnSanDiego : “San Diego County health officials have closed the Imperial Beach shoreline to swimming and surfing due to sewage runoff from the Tijuana River.” |
Employee benefits at Helix water draw fire / SignOnSanDiego : “A fledgling citizen group is protesting what it considers excessive benefits for employees at the public water agency that serves most of suburban East County.” |
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Farmers program boosts water quality / Imperial Valley Press : “Everybody talks about reducing pollution in the Salton Sea but it is farmers who are accomplishing this, says a Westmorland resident. One way farmers found to keep phosphates from waterways is reduce the velocity of drain water that leaves their fields…” |
San Diego’s Water Purification Demonstration Project leaves current recycled water in the dust / The Fine Print : “This is a project to treat and purify wastewater from our North City Reclamation Plant so that tests can be performed to get a better idea of the quality of water that might be produced in a purification process.” |
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Sherri Lightner’s proposed water policy statement: one step forward, two steps back / Know Your H2O : “Overall we applaud Ms. Lightner for calling for such a policy. There are, however, two proposals in her memo which are bad for the environment and for the taxpayers…” |
Same amount of water, some pay 70 percent more / SignOnSanDiego : “Two households use the same amount of water in a given month. One is in Ramona and the other is in Lakeside. The Ramona family will pay 70 percent more for the same 10,500 gallons.” |
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Report shows contamination in local watersheds / San Diego 6 : “Escondido Creek has high levels of nitrogen and the Tijuana River has rising levels of raw sewage, including fecal matter, San Diego Coastkeeper announced Wednesday.” |
Fourth of July fundraising begins; fireworks still challenged / La Jolla Light : “The San Diego Water Quality Control Board recently issued a tentative order exempting small-scale, one-time fireworks displays from the proposed rules. Meanwhile, Diane Harkey…has introduced AB206. Her legislation would exempt municipal firework shows from the California Environment Quality Act and California Coastal Act.” |
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