Infrastructure

East County Advanced Water Purification Program Moves Forward

Padre Dam Municipal Water District announced last month that ehe East County Advanced Water Purification (AWP) Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Board of Directors and all partnering agencies have approved water and wastewater service agreements. These agreements are critical to the JPA’s eligibility for key Program financing opportunities. Water purchase agreements …

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U.S. EPA Reaches Settlement to Clean Up Groundwater Contamination at Southern California Superfund Site

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a $6,521,025 settlement with 145 parties to clean up contaminated groundwater at the Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund Site in Whittier, California. “We are pleased that this settlement will help address the groundwater contamination to which these companies and others have contributed,”said EPA …

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Sites Project Authority to Revise and Recirculate EIR

The Sites Project Authority (Authority) has announced it will revise and recirculate its environmental document for the Sites Reservoir project. The plan was to build the largest new reservoir in California in more than 40 years to supply water to homes, businesses and Central Valley farmers. Well, that plan is …

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