Industry

Valley Water recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate the start of construction on the first phase of the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project. Construction crews recently began work on the first phase of a 4-mile coastal flood risk levee. When the project is complete, it will reduce coastal …

A draft 2022 Update to the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (CVFPP) was released by the California Department of Water Resources this week. The plan is California’s strategic framework for reducing flood risk in the Central Valley, which has among the highest flood risk in the nation. “The 2022 plan …

Desert Water Agency has been fined $181,947 by the regional water board for discharging approximately 268,916 gallons of raw sewage into the Whitewater River Channel in 2019. The incident occurred between Feb. 15-19 after a main pipe ruptured during a heavy storm, sending the untreated wastewater into the channel in …

Cástulo R. Estrada, Coachella Valley Water District Board Vice President, has received a national award honoring his leadership in providing safe drinking water to disadvantaged communities. He was selected for a 2022 Impact Award from the WaterNow Alliance for his work in forming CVWD’s Disadvantaged Communities Task Force and his …

The West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Board of Directors announced that Gregory R. Reed, P.E. will serve as the new General Manager of the District. Bringing more than 30 years of public service and executive leadership in the water industry, Reed will support West Basin in achieving its …

Orange County Water District’s Philip L. Anthony Water Quality Laboratory is the first public agency laboratory in California to achieve state certification to analyze for per- and polyfluoralkly substances (PFAS) in drinking water by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Method 533. Certification was granted by the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP) …