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...
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....
ILRP: Second Irrigated Lands Expert Panel meeting features Indigenous perspectives and a lot of data Jane Sooby Water quality August 20, 2025By Jane Sooby Day 2 of the Second Statewide Agricultural Expert Panel’s “Kick Off Meeting” convened August 14, 2025, at...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: San Diego’s water sellers are thirsty for revenue Voice of San Diego Planning and management August 8, 2025By Mackenzie Elmer, Voice of San Diego This story was first published by Voice of San Diego. Sign up for VOSD’s...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: As climate-related wastewater threats grow, U.S. and Mexico sign a deal to end the Tijuana sewage crisis Inside Climate News Water quality July 30, 2025Under the agreement, the countries are committed to updating outdated wastewater infrastructure to handle higher flows. By Kiley Price, Inside...
NASA Sensor on Space Station Eyes Contamination off California Coast NASA/JPL ScienceWater quality June 19, 2025Proof-of-concept results from the mouth of the Tijuana River in San Diego County show how an instrument called EMIT could...
COMMENTARY: The Water Authority built San Diego’s economy. Support it; Don’t tear it down Voice of San Diego CommentaryPolicy and regulation June 5, 2025This piece was submitted to the Voice of San Diego by 16 past chairs of the San Diego Regional Chamber...
PRESS RELEASE: Southern California water agencies end lengthy legal dispute Metropolitan Water District Water rights and water law June 3, 2025Settlement agreement aims to bring region greater fiscal stability, water supply efficiency and reliability Press release from the Metropolitan Water...
