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Sweetwater Responds to Floating Solar Opposition

/in , , /by /Voice of San Diegoby MacKenzie Elmer

The Sweetwater Authority learned of and greenlighted the design of a floating solar array on its reservoir all in the same day. The swiftness of the approval after considering only a single company put some members of its governing board and the public ill at ease.

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San Diego Could Be First to Float Solar on Drinking Water

/in , , /by /Voice of San Diegoby MacKenzie Elmer Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

A south San Diego water district is thinking about powering itself with energy from the sun.  Leaders at Sweetwater Authority, which serves National City, western Chula Vista and Bonita, hired a contractor to study how floating solar panels on its namesake reservoir could reduce its budget.

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