Gary Croucher Elected Board Chair of San Diego County Water Authority
Christy Guerin is Vice Chair and Jerry Butkiewicz becomes Secretary
Category Archives: News Release
San Diego County Water Supplies Sufficient to Meet Demands in 2017 and Beyond
As the 2016 water year comes to a close today, San Diego County Water Authority officials said that the region’s projected water supplies will be sufficient to meet demand in 2017 and beyond, but continued water-use efficiency remains essential to help the region manage those supplies amid an uncertain outlook for rain and snow this winter. Even if conditions remain dry, San Diego County’s water supplies will meet demands due to drought-resilient water resources such as the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, which produces approximately 50 million gallons of potable water per day, and conservation-and-transfer contracts and agreements for […]
San Diego County Water Authority recognizes three Torrey Pines High School students
Three Torrey Pines High School students received recognition from the San Diego County Water Authority at board’s April 22 meeting for their water technology project entries in the 2004 Science and Engineering Fair. Each student received a plaque and a monetary award for his or her project.
Time to turn back the clocks and turn down the sprinkler systems
The days are getting shorter and the weather cooler. Shorter days mean shorter watering times. In the autumn, lawns and gardens throughout the San Diego region need less water. As San Diegans prepare to set their clocks back Oct. 30, the San Diego County Water Authority and local water districts recommend that as customers change their clocks to “fall back” one hour, they also “fall back” on watering times.
Water Authority asks all of San Diego County to ‘Flex your Power AT THE TAP’
The San Diego County Water Authority has issued a request for increased conservation efforts during this current hot spell. Just as we “Flex our Power” to conserve energy, residents and businesses should flex their power at the tap to conserve water over the next two to three weeks.
Higher temperatures mean demand for treated water will also increase. Cooperative conservation efforts by businesses and residents in San Diego County will help manage the availability of treated water supplies during the current hot weather.
San Diego County Water Authority recognizes six local students
Six students from coastal schools received recognition from the San Diego County Water Authority at the board’s April 22 meeting for their water technology projects in the 2004 Science and Engineering Fair. Each student received a plaque and a monetary award from Bernie Rhinerson, Water Authority board chairman for his or her project.
Mark Muir Elected Chair of Water Authority Board of Directors
The next two years of leadership on the San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors were cemented today with the election of the agency’s Board officers, whose terms will begin Oct. 1. Mark Muir, who represents the San Dieguito Water District on the Water Authority’s Board and has served as the Board’s vice chair for two years, was elected the new Board chair. Jim Madaffer, secretary of the Board for the past two years as a representative from the City of San Diego, will serve as vice chair. Incoming Secretary Gary Croucher is a Board representative from the Otay […]
Emergency & Carryover Storage Project Wins Prestigious International Award
The San Diego County Water Authority’s $1.5 billion Emergency & Carryover Storage Project, built to protect the region from droughts and catastrophic disruptions to imported water supplies, has won one of the engineering industry’s most prestigious global awards – the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers. The association announced the awards late Thursday at its 2017 Outstanding Projects and Leaders awards event in Arlington, Va. Other finalists for the award included: One World Trade Center in New York City; Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Terminal 2 in Mumbai, India; Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in New […]
San Diego County Water Authority recognizes student Science Fair water projects
Megan Lopez, from the St. Francis of Assisi School in Vista, recently received second place honors from the San Diego County Water Authority for her entry in the 2004 Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair. Bernie Rhinerson, chairman of the Water Authority board of directors presented Lopez with a $200 award and plaque at the board’s April 22 meeting for her junior division project entitled, “Conserving Water and Minimizing Nitrogen Pollution.”
San Diego County Water Authority board to appeal preferential rights decision
Vowing to continue its fight to eliminate a system it deems unfair and illegal, the San Diego County Water Authority board of directors today voted to appeal a recent appellate court ruling preserving the Metropolitan Water District's preferential rights process. The board authorized staff to petition a review by the State Supreme Court.