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A tour of water levels around Lake Tahoe. JONAH M. KESSEL/Tahoe Daily Tribune  
Daily Tribune  

Tenuous in Tahoe

Lake level nears its natural rim; big snowpack a must

With Lake Tahoe’s water level nearing the natural rim, water authorities are hoping for record-breaking precipitation to bring the level up. When the water in Lake Tahoe nears the natural rim, at 6,223 feet, water flows more slowly into the Truckee River. (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
Opened in 1963, the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant (PLWTP) treats approximately 175 million gallons of wastewater per day generated in a 450 square mile area by more than 2.2 million residents. SANDIEGO.gov  
SanDiego.gov  

Three's a charm

EPA agrees to exempt Point Loma WWTP a third time

San Diego won a bet worth up to $1.5 billion Thursday when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted the city's main wastewater treatment plant a third exemption from the Clean Water Act. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

The Olivenhain water district, which owns the newer reservoir and has a treatment plant there, has argued that Hodges is polluted with chemicals and elements not found in its reservoir. SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY  
SDCWA  

In the pipeline

Dispute over Lake Hodges heads to mediation

The Olivenhain Municipal Water District has put off suing the San Diego County Water Authority and the city of San Diego by agreeing to have a retired federal judge mediate a dispute over Lake Hodges. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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West Basin MWD directors (from left) Ron Smith, Carol Kwan, Gloria Gray, Donald Dear and Edward Little celebrate a major milestone — producing 100 billion gallons of recycled water. Read more details here.
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