San Diego County Water Authority broke ground Thursday on its Mission Trails Park Pipeline Projects.

City of San Diego residents will see a rise in their water bills.

Although Thanksgiving is still more than week away, Christmas is already in the air, with holiday plays kicking off their opening week.

Southern California developers, homeowners and businesses may be eligible for incentives to install a variety of water-saving measures.

Del Sur master-planned community has been honored for its water conservation efforts by an organization of California water leaders.

With the future of real estate looking somewhat murky at the moment, the Urban Land Institute San Diego/Tijuana attempts to offer some answers with its sixth annual Trends Conference. The institute has invited a host of speakers with expertise ranging from finance to economics to development.

The region's water reserves are dwindling to levels not seen since California's 1991 drought, experts said Oct. 22 during a roundtable discussion at The Daily Transcript's offices, sponsored by the law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney LLP. Unlike in the past, this drought is caused by environmental issues and legal decisions rather than weather.

Unless it rains and there are substantial successful conservation measures, San Diego County could end up receiving only 15 percent of the water it normally receives from the Sacramento Delta.

The San Diego City Council agreed Monday to borrow up to $638 million for water system projects in San Diego and to refinance existing debt at a more favorable rate.

Desalination plants could eventually become commonplace along the county's coast, but we'll need water long before they arrive.