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Sweetwater Reservoir will not receive a photo-voltaic array anytime soon....Read more

When you think things can't get any worse, think again...Read more

Texas researchers found that okra and/or fenugreek extracts attracted and removed up to 90% of microplastics from ocean water, freshwater, and groundwater...Read more

At our Board of Supervisors meeting this Tuesday, June 3rd, I’m calling for action to finally stop Mexico’s sewage crisis from harming our residents and our Navy SEALs...Read more

With the hazardous waste (AKA untreated sewage) creeping up the southern coastline from Mexico, it's sometimes tricky figuring out where it's safe to get in the water...Read more

In their latest "Civic Alert", SWA emailed the public that they were continuing their proactive work towards PFAS mitigation...Read more

There should be no question that Sweetwater Authority views floating solar panels on Sweetwater Reservoir as a future capital project...Read more

Ever since it was learned that SWA is providing an elevated level of PFAS—toxic "forever chemicals"—in our drinking water, there hasn't been much talk about putting solar panels on our reservoir. Those proposed solar panels could add even more PFAS...Read more

The flood of 1916 was the worst natural disaster in the history of the South Bay...Read more

Trains, horses and buggies brought 3,000 San Diego residents–dressed in straw hats and bustles–to celebrate the completion of the Sweetwater Dam on April 19, 1888...Read more

We’ve heard a lot — rightfully — about the Tijuana sewage crisis. But there's another ticking time bomb on our coastline that's getting almost no attention: the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant...Read more

Are you proud of your water-saving landscape? Share it with others by entering this year’s WaterSmart Landscape Contest...Read more