COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY SEEKS TO USE COPPER-BASED ALGAECIDES AT 5 LOCAL RESERVOIRS

April 2015 Articles

East County News Service

April 9, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) – The San Diego County Water Authority is proposing to apply copper-based algaecides to control algae blooms at five reservoirs that supply drinking water, including Lake Jennings(Helix Water District), Sweetwater Reservoir (Sweetwater Authority), Lake Poway (City of Poway), Olivenhain Reservoir (County Water Authority) and San Dieguito Resrvoir (Santa Fe Irrigation District.)

Public comments are accepted through April 13^th at 5 p.m. at alex.hardy@ae.com; include “Algaecide MND comments in the email subject line, or email comments to AECOM, Attn: Alex Hardy, 401 West A St., Suite 1200, San Diego CA 92101.

The Water Authority is the lead agency under the California Enviornmental Quality Act (CEQA) and seeks to adopt a mitigated negative declaration (MND) for application of the algaecides. The treatment may require temporary exceeding of levels allowed for copper in drinking water.

The draft MND can be viewed at http://www.sdcwa.org.

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