VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: No buyers for San Diego water … yet Voice of San Diego Planning and management December 22, 2025By MacKenzie Elmer, Voice of San Diego This story was first published by Voice of San Diego. Sign up for VOSD’s...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: State Lawmakers go after Tijuana River sewage crisis — again Voice of San Diego Water quality December 22, 2025By MacKenzie Elmer, Voice of San Diego This story was first published by Voice of San Diego. Sign up for VOSD’s...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: San Diego officials say Tijuana River pollution is a state of emergency Courthouse News Service Water quality December 12, 2025“The fact that it’s been ongoing for so many years has changed the reality — people are getting sick, and...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Environmentalists say they’re cool with East County taking cred for Pure Water’s production Voice of San Diego Planning and management November 13, 2025By MacKenzie Elmer, voice of San Diego There’s a debate over whether the city of San Diego should or could...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Is there enough sewage to go ‘round in San Diego? Voice of San Diego Planning and management November 11, 2025East County is building its own water recycling project and wants San Diego to treat it like its own. By...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Water Independence — Not at Any Price Voice of San Diego CommentaryPlanning and management October 31, 2025By Jim Madaffer, a former San Diego City Council member, past Chair of the San Diego County Water Authority, and...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: San Diego City Councilmember Elo-Rivera wants city to build solar to combat high water rates Voice of San Diego Planning and management October 30, 2025San Diego’s Public Utilities Department owns land it could lease out to renewable energy developers to make money. But would...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Water rates going up, up, up Voice of San Diego Planning and management October 29, 2025From the Voice of San Diego: San Diego City Councilmembers on Tuesday begrudgingly voted to hike the city’s water rates...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: While San Diego leaders balk at high rates, city debates less-ambitious sewage recycling plan Voice of San Diego Planning and management October 28, 2025Less recycled sewage into drinking water means more reliance on the increasingly unstable Colorado River and expensive desal By MacKenzie...
CA AGRICULTURE: UC Cooperative Extension advisor provides first-of-its-kind avocado irrigation data UC Ag and Natural Resources (UCANR) Agriculture October 16, 2025Study findings from Southern California avocado orchards help growers save water and money. From California Agriculture: Perched precariously on the...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Mayor’s water rate increase ‘dead on arrival’ Voice of San Diego Planning and management October 1, 2025San Diego city councilmembers join forces to stall a proposed rate increase even though city staff warn too much delay...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Sweetwater Authority joins stampede away from County Water Authority Voice of San Diego Planning and management October 1, 2025The agency supplying drinking water to a large swath of South San Diego County is exploring a groundwater desalination project...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: City staff deflect blame away from Pure Water before San Diego’s big water rate vote Voice of San Diego Planning and management September 25, 2025City staff dropped updated costs of a huge wastewater-to-drinking water recycling project showing that its water would be cheaper than...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: San Diegans owe a desal company $35 million for unmade water Voice of San Diego Planning and management September 23, 2025The plant had to shut down operations to make state-mandated upgrades, but the San Diego County Water Authority still must...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Blowing up the Water Authority isn’t off the table at LAFCO Voice of San Diego Planning and management September 10, 2025The group that rubber stamped a divorce from the agency plans to look at getting rid of the agency altogether....
