Conservation

Three, free winter gardening workshops are being offered on the second Saturday of each month from now through March compliments of Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) and the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Riverside County Master Gardener Program. The workshops will be presented in WMWD’s water-efficiency garden, Landscapes Southern …

A new study has confirmed the feasibility of a proposed large-scale project to treat and purify wastewater and distribute it to groundwater basins across the region through collaboration between the Metropolitan Water District and the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County. The conclusion of the feasibility study paves the way for …

Multiple days of significant rain may be forecast for the next several days but the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) is continuing to stress the need for water conservation throughout the state as many areas of the state, especially in Central and Southern California, are still in the grips …

The State Water Resources Control Board announced in a report late last week that they consider it feasible to develop and adopt regulations for using recycled water as drinking water with the caveat that certain research and key knowledge gaps are addressed. The statement follows a draft report issued on …

The board of directors of the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) voted earlier this year to become a merit badge sponsor for Orange County Boy Scouts pursing their merit badge in Soil & Water Conservation. A clinic held last Saturday saw the first group of nearly 70 Scouts …

California’s five-plus year drought continues to grip approximately 73 percent of the state but residents continue to battle back saving 19.5 percent in October. This reflects an increase in savings over a savings of 18.3 percent the prior month but below the 22.3 percent in savings in October 2015. State-mandated …