Industry

Reclamation crowns Canal Safety Challenge winner

Isotrope, LLC of Medfield, Massachusetts, has been named the Canal Safety Challenge winner and will receive $100,000 for its innovative idea to improve canal safety. Competing against two other finalists in November 2021, Isotrope, LLC’s Rescue Deck™ prototype successfully showed the potential to reduce drownings in canals after testing in …

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Federal agencies partner to spur innovation in snowpack forecast

Federal agencies partner to spur innovation in snowpack forecast

The Bureau of Reclamation has is partnered with Bonneville Power Administration, NASA – Goddard Space Flight Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Geological Survey, National Center for Atmospheric Research, DrivenData, HeroX, Ensemble and NASA Tournament Lab to launch a new prize competition for …

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Yuba Water to sell 10,000 acre-feet to Bay area agencies

Yuba Water to sell 10,000 acre-feet to Bay area agencies

A Northern California water agency is one step closer to helping it’s Southern neighbors in Marin County. Yuba Water Agency’s board of directors voted earlier this week to authorize a water transfer agreement with Contra Costa Water District and East Bay Municipal Utility District, to sell at least 10,000 acre-feet …

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Miller joins Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors

Miller joins Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors

Vista Irrigation District board member Marty Miller has been seated as one of four delegates representing the San Diego County Water Authority on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Miller took his seat during a special board meeting last Tuesday (Nov. 23). He replaced …

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EVMWD joins lawsuit to fight water contaminants

Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District’s (EVMWD) lawsuit against 3M Company, Chemours, Dupont and several other companies is the latest in a series of legal actions brought against the defendants for their role in introducing the PFAS chemical into the water supply. EVMWD’s lawsuit alleges their water supply has been contaminated …

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