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A Thirsty Region
The arid San Diego region is struggling to come to terms with a diminished water supply. Ideas abound about how to do so: implement mandatory water conservation, build a desalination plant, recycle sewage into drinking water -- but finding agreeance about which ideas to implement is slightly more difficult.
Water Conservation
San Diego's City Council takes steps to alleviate water waste and outlines others, reflecting the seriousness of the city's crunched water supplies.
» Nov. 11, 2008
As water agencies increase their calls for conservation, they face a backlash from residents who say they've already conserved and question why major development continues to be approved at the same time.
» Oct. 27, 2008
If San Diego area residents don't conserve more water, lawn-watering days, water police and household consumption caps are possible next year.
» Oct. 9, 2008
For residents across the region, a reduction in drinking water deliveries would require increased voluntary conservation to stave off mandatory restrictions.» Sept. 26, 2008
With water supplies crunched, talk about seawater desalination is picking up. But aside from one plant under development, the drinking water technology still appears unlikely to become prolific.
» Oct. 29, 2008
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RECENT HEADLINES
Looking for ways to save water at home, the councilman turns to a city water detective.
» Aug. 6, 2009
In an area coping with the first mandatory water-use restrictions in two decades, the officials demonstrated how individual actions add up.
» July 27, 2009
The City Council had been notably silent on the plan to reduce residents' water use, but is now lining up behind a plan that rewards conservation and penalizes overuse.
» July 19, 2009
Three years ago, Tim Barnett offered a grim outlook for San Diego's water supply. It's come true. Now he's warning of worse things to come.
» May 11, 2009
Step by step, the San Diego County Water Authority is laying the groundwork to tap the Pacific Ocean as a new water supply by 2018.
» May 25, 2009
Sanders' new plan would designate specific lawn watering days for all residents and businesses. A horticulturalist said it would "absolutely" cause brown and dying lawns across the city.
» May 4, 2009
Local water agencies are using infrared satellite imagery to recommend how much water homeowners and businesses should use outside.
» April 14, 2009
As City Council skepticism grows, a UCSD economist questions the analysis underlying several claims in Mayor Jerry Sanders' proposed water-cuts plan.
» April 2, 2009
A state report on water shortages highlights the potential inequities in San Diego's plan to cut citywide water consumption
» March 31, 2009
City officials have misrepresented details about an Orange County water cut plan that offers a more refined and equitable approach.
» March 29, 2009
Residents could be hit with higher rents or HOA fees if their buildings don't reduce consumption. But measuring water use in multi-family housing is difficult.
» March 17, 2009
The icon that defined the decline of one of San Diego's vital water supplies was the endangered delta smelt, a three-inch fish that smells like cucumbers and sits on the verge of extinction. Now it's Shamu.
» Feb. 22, 2009
It will penalize residents who have conserved, requiring them to cut the same percentage as the water hog with the lush landscape next door.
» Feb. 12, 2009
As San Diego and the state grapple with a water shortage, lawmakers are weighing whether to make certain targets mandatory. If that happens, lawn aficionados will have to listen up.
» Feb. 11, 2009
'The political interest in this item is huge. And every day it doesn't rain, it goes up a notch,' says top local water official.
» Feb. 9, 2009
The year is expected to bring the first water-supply rationing since the early 1990s. Water managers say the cuts are inevitable, but they're not acting until summer.
» Jan. 25, 2009
San Diego agrees to spend as much as $2 million developing strategies to recycle sewage, a way to boost water supplies and cut ocean pollution.
» Jan. 20, 2008
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SPECIAL REPORTS
The Game of Pricing Water in San Diego
» By SCOTT LEWIS | Oct. 25
» By EQUINOX CENTER | Oct. 25
The Future
People's perceptions about the taste of their water is inversely correlated to their level of acceptance of reclaimed/recycled water.
» By ERIK BRUVOLD | Oct. 29
Utopia in Orange County?
Some have pointed to it as a model for San Diego. Is it?
» By RICHARD CARSON | Oct. 29
Responding to the Second Question
Water usage could then be tracked as cell phone users track their minutes.
» By LYNN REASER | Oct. 29
CalTrans last year sprayed almost 1 percent of San Diego's drinking water supply on freeway landscaping, failing to meet the requested 10 percent cut in use.
» Dec. 17, 2008
It's a major water source for San Diego, an agricultural hub and a renowned fishing destination. But the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is staring down the ultimate manmade challenge: The collapse of its ecosystem and infrastructure.
With the threat of water shortages looming, San Diego officials have called for reducing water use. But they haven't always done so themselves.
MORE HEADLINES
Recycled Water
The city of San Diego's own study and interviews with experts and water agencies that rely on recycled sewage debunk the primary health concern cited by opponents of the technology.
The Mayor's Stance
Mayor Jerry Sanders admits he hasn't been flushing the toilet as much at home. It's just one step he's taken to conserve water.
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