Water

San Diego may soon be in line for a huge infusion of federal money to help deal with a decades long cross border pollution problem.

The race to represent San Diego’s first district on the Board of Supervisors has candidates touting plans to tackle major environmental and equity issues.

The Trump administration lifted federal protections Thursday for some of the nation's millions of miles of streams, arroyos and wetlands, completing one of its most far-reaching environmental rollbacks.

The California Water Resources Control Board is citing the city of Poway for three violations after storm water contaminated already treated water, leaving the entire town without water for a week.

San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott argued SDG&E is contractually required to cover the costs of the Pure Water project, but the utility said customers outside of San Diego shouldn't pay for it.

The Nassau grouper fish, found only in the Caribbean, was on the brink of extinction. Now, the population has increased seven-fold.

The rupture of the 30-inch cast-iron transmission main was reported around 6 a.m. near the intersection of Ray and Capps streets, San Diego city spokesman Scott Robinson said.

The water in Poway is safe to drink — this after stormwater contaminated the city’s water supply and forced people to turn off their taps for a week. Now comes the political blame game.

Poway lifted the advisory after test results came back clean and said residents can use tap water for "all purposes."

No longer a witch hunt. Duncan Hunter now says he's guilty of corruption. What's next for the East County congressman and those running to replace him? An inconvenient truth. Al Gore brings his climate message to San Diego as scientists escalate their warnings for our planet. And, more than an inconvenience. How the water problem in Poway could end up costing the city millions.