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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

Officials from California’s Division of Safety of Dams say they are concerned by the reluctance of the Sweetwater Authority Board to perform dam safety repairs to Sweetwater Dam...Read more

South County’s seemingly endless sewage crisis in the Tijuana River got some high-level federal attention on Tuesday....Read more

I just walked out of a critical roundtable with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, focused on a crisis that’s been ignored for far too long: the dumping of millions of gallons of toxic sewage from Mexico into Southern California’s waters...Read more

I just walked out of a critical meeting with the Environmental Protection Agency here in Washington, D.C., and I wanted to share an update. As you know, one of Southern California’s greatest assets is our coastline...Read more