Archive for CERF

Indirect Potable Reuse News Conference

Prior to receiving a landmark report on San Diego’s Water Purification Demonstration Project at the San Diego Natural Resources and Culture Committee meeting, Mayor Bob Filner, Councilmember David Alvarez, Council President Todd Gloria, Councilmember Lorie Zapf, and the diverse-membership Water Reliability Coalition held a press conference praising the Project.

 

 

The report (pdf) can be viewed here: http://docs.sandiego.gov/councilcomm_agendas_attach/2013/NRC_130320_7.pdf

 

And the Public Utilities Department staff presentation (pdf) given by Marsi Steirer can be viewed here: http://docs.sandiego.gov/councilcomm_agendas_attach/2013/NRC_130320_7ppt.pdf

Dredging in Tijuana River Valley Is Halted by Environmental Appeal

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EncinitasPatch.com

February 22, 2013

by Ken Stone

Marco Gonzalez of Encinitas says San Diego city work is effectively ended until the fall of 2013

Dredging in the Tijuana River Valley has effectively been halted until this fall after an environmental group’s appeal kept storm-channel work from starting Friday. Read more

WALKING PATH OF COLLABORATION FOR NEW BAYFRONT PLAN

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www.utsandiego.com
August 2, 2012
By Laura Hunter & Marco Gonzalez

When our organizations joined together in 2000 to form a coalition to oppose a development plan for the Chula Vista Bayfront, it would have been hard to imagine then that we’d be where we are today – poised to support the largest new land-use plan in the California Coastal Zone. Read more

Recycling sewage to drinking water could save city of San Diego money: Study

North County Times
June 2, 2012
by Bradley J. Fikes

The city of San Diego could save hundreds of millions of dollars in upgrade and expansion costs for its Point Loma sewage treatment plant, and get more drinking water in the bargain, according to a final draft study given to the city in late May.

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CERF Opposition to SB 973: CEQA Exemptions

What is SB 973?

SB 973 (proposed language here) is legislation introduced by Senators Vargas and Garrick seeking to address an unfavorable court ruling for the City of San Diego through a new, broad amendment to one of the state’s most important environmental statutes: the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). SB 973 would exempt a loosely defined group of temporary events from environmental review under CEQA.

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