• Los Vaqueros Reservoir expansion seeks $434 million in state funding from Proposition 1
• Pasadena’s Tetra Tech contracted for technical support of EPA’s Watershed Protection Program
• DWR’s Joel Ledesma provides Oroville Dam crisis overview at Water Conference
• San Bernardino County Water Conference honors 18 Inland Empire H2O Heroes
• City of San Diego assessed $3.2 million for failing to protect waterways from loose sediment

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  Los Vaqueros Reservoir expansion seeks $434 million in state funding from Proposition 1

  Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) is pursuing $434 million in state funding to assist in paying for the public benefits of expanding the Los Vaqueros Reservoir. The state deadline for water agencies submitting applications requesting funding from...

  • Posted August 17, 2017
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  Feather River salmon spawning improvement project underway

  Mature salmon looking for key spawning areas received a boost earlier this week when the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) commenced a salmon spawning improvement project by placing 5,000 cubic yards of spawning gravel into the...

  • Posted August 16, 2017
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  Pasadena’s Tetra Tech contracted for technical support of EPA’s Watershed Protection Program

  Pasadena-based Tetra Tech, Inc. has been awarded a $113 million contract for technical support services for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Water. The five-year, multiple-award contract will support the EPA Office of Water’s Assessment...

  • Posted August 15, 2017
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  DWR’s Joel Ledesma provides Oroville Dam crisis overview at Water Conference

  Speaking to a crowd of more than 300 attendees at Friday’s San Bernardino County (SBC) Water Conference, Joel Ledesma, deputy director, State Water Project with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), detailed the events leading up...

  • Posted August 14, 2017
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  City of Lakewood partners with FATHOM for Advance Metering Infrastructure to reduce water loss

  The Los Angeles County city of Lakewood has announced a new partnership with Phoenix-based FATHOM Water Management, Inc. for their complete suite of software and managed services solutions. This includes the installation and financing of FATHOM’s Advanced...

  • Posted August 13, 2017
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  San Bernardino County Water Conference honors 18 Inland Empire H2O Heroes

  More than 300 attendees honored 18 individuals and organizations as Inland Empire (IE) H2O Water Heroes at the 11th annual San Bernardino County Water Conference. The conference was held at the Ontario DoubleTree Conference Center and was...

  • Posted August 12, 2017
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  City of San Diego assessed $3.2 million for failing to protect waterways from loose sediment

  The city of San Diego has agreed to a $3.2 million assessment by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board to settle allegations that the city failed to protect local streams and coastal lagoons from loose...

  • Posted August 11, 2017
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  State Water Board announces Eileen Sobeck as new Executive Director

  The former assistant administrator for the Department of Commerce at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, Eileen Sobeck, will assume the position as Executive Director for the State Water Resources Control Board, effective after the...

  • Posted August 10, 2017
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  Off-line Suburban Rosemont District/Cal American Water well found with elevated PFAA levels

  An off-line well at California American Water’s Suburban Rosemont District has been found with elevated levels of perfluorinated alkyl acids (PFAAs). The well in question is one of 29 wells serving customers in the Suburban Rosemont District...

  • Posted August 9, 2017
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  Rep. Huffman calls for public input on balanced approach to land management, wild places and rivers

  Rep. Jared Huffman (D-2nd District-San Rafael) is requesting public input on his new draft legislation to protect Northern California’s wild places and streams on public lands. The legislation features three primary goals including: Restore and Revitalize Forests...

  • Posted August 8, 2017
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