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In Response to Water Authority’s “There’s More to Drought-Proofing Than Water Mandates”

When we need it most, the San Diego County Water Authority has slashed our mandatory conservation targets from 25 percent to zero. Why? The Water Authority is the public agency that sells us our water; …

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How Trash in Our Ocean Impacts Humans

The ocean is the most beautiful, diverse and abundant ecosystem on the planet and covers over 71 percent of the world’s surface. It is so large that it has been divided into five oceanic divisions, …

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San Diego Water Authority Is Pretending the Drought Is Over; It’s Not

Our executive director, Tracie Barham, wrote this op-ed for Voice of San Diego. Tracie calls out the Water Authority for cutting mandatory conservation measures when we need them most.  Without mandatory conservation, San Diego is …

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Water Quality: What’s Drought Got to Do With It?

Every year, Heal the Bay puts out a beach report card, providing essential water quality information to the millions of people who swim, surf or dive in the coastal waters of the West Coast. The …

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Water Quality in 2015 – How Drought Causes Worse Water Quality

In 2015, all nine of the watersheds tested as Fair, Marginal or Poor on San Diego Coastkeeper’s Water Quality Index scoring system, all earning the same abnormally low scores as 2014.

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Water Quality 2015: Carlsbad Watershed

Water Quality Index Score: 66, Fair To no surprise, our 2015 data showed that: Nitrate continues to be  consistently high in upper Escondido Creek. Every single sample collected from our three upper Escondido Creek sites …

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Water Quality 2015: San Luis Rey Watershed

Water Quality Index Score: 80, Fair Of the nine watersheds we measure in our water quality monitoring program, San Luis Rey had the best water quality index score in 2015.  But at 79.9 (roughly a …

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Water Quality 2015: San Diego Watershed

Water Quality Index Score: 62, Marginal The San Diego River had another bad year. Key data takeaways include: Commonly high levels of phosphorus and ammonia Dissolved oxygen at the Fashion Valley site continued to be …

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Water Quality 2015: Tijuana Watershed

Water Quality Index Score: 14, Poor Since we can only sample the Tijuana watershed when water levels are high after a recent rain, we were only able to sample the watershed three times this year. …

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Water Quality 2015: Otay Watershed

Water Quality Index Score: 57, Marginal Over the course of 2015, the Otay Watershed remained the most consistent watershed in the county. Unfortunately, the water quality was consistently bad. Consistently high bacteria levels: Every sample …

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In Response to Water Authority’s “There’s More to Drought-Proofing Than Water Mandates”

When we need it most, the San Diego County Water Authority has slashed our mandatory conservation targets from 25 percent to zero. Why? The Water Authority is the public agency that sells us our water; …

Read More

How Trash in Our Ocean Impacts Humans

The ocean is the most beautiful, diverse and abundant ecosystem on the planet and covers over 71 percent of the world’s surface. It is so large that it has been divided into five oceanic divisions, …

Read More

San Diego Water Authority Is Pretending the Drought Is Over; It’s Not

Our executive director, Tracie Barham, wrote this op-ed for Voice of San Diego. Tracie calls out the Water Authority for cutting mandatory conservation measures when we need them most.  Without mandatory conservation, San Diego is …

Read More

Water Quality: What’s Drought Got to Do With It?

Every year, Heal the Bay puts out a beach report card, providing essential water quality information to the millions of people who swim, surf or dive in the coastal waters of the West Coast. The …

Read More

Water Quality in 2015 – How Drought Causes Worse Water Quality

In 2015, all nine of the watersheds tested as Fair, Marginal or Poor on San Diego Coastkeeper’s Water Quality Index scoring system, all earning the same abnormally low scores as 2014.

Read More

Water Quality 2015: Carlsbad Watershed

Water Quality Index Score: 66, Fair To no surprise, our 2015 data showed that: Nitrate continues to be  consistently high in upper Escondido Creek. Every single sample collected from our three upper Escondido Creek sites …

Read More

Water Quality 2015: San Luis Rey Watershed

Water Quality Index Score: 80, Fair Of the nine watersheds we measure in our water quality monitoring program, San Luis Rey had the best water quality index score in 2015.  But at 79.9 (roughly a …

Read More

Water Quality 2015: San Diego Watershed

Water Quality Index Score: 62, Marginal The San Diego River had another bad year. Key data takeaways include: Commonly high levels of phosphorus and ammonia Dissolved oxygen at the Fashion Valley site continued to be …

Read More

Water Quality 2015: Tijuana Watershed

Water Quality Index Score: 14, Poor Since we can only sample the Tijuana watershed when water levels are high after a recent rain, we were only able to sample the watershed three times this year. …

Read More

Water Quality 2015: Otay Watershed

Water Quality Index Score: 57, Marginal Over the course of 2015, the Otay Watershed remained the most consistent watershed in the county. Unfortunately, the water quality was consistently bad. Consistently high bacteria levels: Every sample …

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