San Diego Coastkeeper
May 14, 2026
Most San Diego residents have never heard of LAFCO — but it’s one of the few bodies with the power to hold your water agency accountable. On May 4, 2026, it voted to stop doing exactly that.
On Tuesday afternoons throughout April, our advocacy and outreach teams connected with our communities and reflected on our relationship with water in our region. With support from Hunter Industries and Pure Project Balboa Park, we celebrated Earth Month with a series of educational happy hours exploring our waters’ past, present, and future.
San Diegans learn how to use rainwater tanks, greywater systems, and thoughtful landscaping to create beautiful, climate-resilient neighborhoods.
For the last 40 years, state and local water agencies have preached water conservation to Californians. They created drought-tolerant demonstration gardens, funded low-flow toilet replacements, subsidized artificial turf installations, supported high-efficiency plumbing fixtures and appliance requirements, ran school education and public information campaigns, and much more.
THE RCS RAISES ITS UGLY HEAD San Diego Coastkeeper has a long history of advocating for San Diego to have a sustainable, climate-smart water supply that doesn’t further exacerbate the climate crisis or degrade our …
Editor’s note: Congratulations for being the kind of person who would click on a title like that. Despite the fact that it’s actually a very interesting and dynamic topic, it’s virtually impossible to write a …
Setting The Scene: Industrial Pollution in San Diego County Here in San Diego County, urban runoff is the largest contributor of pollutants into our region’s waterways. Stormwater runoff from industrial facilities in particular significantly contributes …
WATER USE: IT’S COMPLICATED It’s no secret that water supply, water rights, and water use are complex issues in the state of California. But more broadly speaking, how does water use in California measure up …
THE PRICE GASOLINE IS HIGHER THAN YOU THINK Water and energy, two of the most essential elements in our modern society, are inextricably linked. In our prior articles regarding the water-energy nexus, we discussed the …
CHEERS TO SUSTAINABILITY San Diego is known as the Beer Capital of America, and with 155 craft breweries, it is clear why. While the brewing process can be environmentally taxing – using numerous gallons of …
Most San Diego residents have never heard of LAFCO — but it’s one of the few bodies with the power to hold your water agency accountable. On May 4, 2026, it voted to stop doing exactly that.
On Tuesday afternoons throughout April, our advocacy and outreach teams connected with our communities and reflected on our relationship with water in our region. With support from Hunter Industries and Pure Project Balboa Park, we celebrated Earth Month with a series of educational happy hours exploring our waters’ past, present, and future.
San Diegans learn how to use rainwater tanks, greywater systems, and thoughtful landscaping to create beautiful, climate-resilient neighborhoods.
For the last 40 years, state and local water agencies have preached water conservation to Californians. They created drought-tolerant demonstration gardens, funded low-flow toilet replacements, subsidized artificial turf installations, supported high-efficiency plumbing fixtures and appliance requirements, ran school education and public information campaigns, and much more.
THE RCS RAISES ITS UGLY HEAD San Diego Coastkeeper has a long history of advocating for San Diego to have a sustainable, climate-smart water supply that doesn’t further exacerbate the climate crisis or degrade our …
Editor’s note: Congratulations for being the kind of person who would click on a title like that. Despite the fact that it’s actually a very interesting and dynamic topic, it’s virtually impossible to write a …
Setting The Scene: Industrial Pollution in San Diego County Here in San Diego County, urban runoff is the largest contributor of pollutants into our region’s waterways. Stormwater runoff from industrial facilities in particular significantly contributes …
WATER USE: IT’S COMPLICATED It’s no secret that water supply, water rights, and water use are complex issues in the state of California. But more broadly speaking, how does water use in California measure up …
THE PRICE GASOLINE IS HIGHER THAN YOU THINK Water and energy, two of the most essential elements in our modern society, are inextricably linked. In our prior articles regarding the water-energy nexus, we discussed the …
CHEERS TO SUSTAINABILITY San Diego is known as the Beer Capital of America, and with 155 craft breweries, it is clear why. While the brewing process can be environmentally taxing – using numerous gallons of …