The San Diego Bay Watersheds Common Grounds Project was created to incorporate data from water quality monitoring programs and integrate this data on a watershed level using a web-based interactive application to serve as a broad communication, education and decision-making tool; and to further develop the region's capacity to understand and assess processes affecting our water resources.

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1920-1930

THE CITY'S POPULATION nearly doubled between 1920 and 1930. The success of the 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition established San Diego 's reputation as a scenic resort community and made the city a popular tourist destination. Creation of a coast-to-coast highway system also encouraged travel to the area. In general, the mood in San Diego and elsewhere was optimistic, enhanced by a feeling of continued economic prosperity.

1947

SAN DIEGO AQUEDUCTopens, bringing the first Colorado River water to San Diego.

1950

CITY OF SAN DIEGO POPULATION is 333,865. San Diego County population is 556,808

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By the mid-20th century , San Diego had struggled through two decades where outside economic and political forces had dominated the course of events in the city. The effects of the Depression and World War II had taken their toll on the city. The process of suburbanization begun by federal housing projects during the war, were replaced with modern subdivisions aimed at post-war homebuyers. Large projects like Clairemont, Allied Gardens, San Carlos and University City stretched San Diego 's urban limits ever outward.

As the suburbs grew and the downtown declined, some national magazines suggested that San Diego was a town gone bust. In response, a 1960 master plan for the city outlined progressive measures to revitalize the city. This plan included construction of a civic center to serve as the focal point for downtown redevelopment. The Community Concourse proved to be a psychological booster for the city.


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Over the next decade San Diegans worked aggressively to secure three recognized symbols of all major cities: a high-rise skyline, additional cultural amenities and major league professional sports. By the late 1960s, the city had its own symphony and opera, the Chargers football team, conversion of the Padres, from minor league to major league baseball, and the impressive stadium in Mission Valley. Local citizens developed a General Plan for the city and the first high-rise buildings since the 1920s were completed. San Diego now marketed itself as the "City in Motion."



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