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In a Wednesday, March 11, 2015 photo, worker adjusts equipment among some of the 2000 pressure vessels that will be used to convert seawater into fresh water through reverse osmosis in the western hemisphere's largest desalination plant, in Carlsbad, Calif.
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The federal government on Friday announced 1.25-million acre feet of annual cuts to the Colorado River water used by California, Nevada and Arizona.
  • First, an interview with the investigative journalist who unveiled that Balboa Park needs roughly $1 billion in repairs. Also, San Diego Unified has some safety rules in place to help keep kids cool and safe. Then, SDG&E is getting input on a new transmission line. And, the federal government announced cuts for California and others that rely on water coming from the Colorado River.
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