Being hailed as a “major milestone” the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) have released their joint environmental report for California American Water’s proposed seawater desalination project. The project is one of three major components of the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project aimed …
Read More »Padre Dam Municipal Water District named as Recycled Water Public Education Program of the Year
San Diego County’s Padre Dam Municipal Water District (PDMWD) was recently presented with the 2018 Recycled Water Community Outreach/Public Education Program of the Year award from WateReuse California. The award recognizes the public education and outreach efforts by PDMWD for their East County Advanced Water Purification Program. The potable reuse …
Read More »Sewer system search locates 13-year-old boy after harrowing experience alive and able to talk
Thirteen-year-old Jesse Hernandez was found early Monday morning following an approximately 13-hour ordeal after he fell some 25-feet into a sewer line. The youngster and his extended family were celebrating Easter with an annual event at Griffith Park near the train museum. The young teen fell into the sewer system …
Read More »Five Diverse California Business Associations Endorse, Join Cadiz Water Project Support List
A diverse group of five leading California business associations have joined a growing group of elected officials and organizations in support of the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project (Cadiz Water Project). The Cadiz Water Project, a public-private partnership, announced recently that the Valley Industry Commerce Association (VICA), …
Read More »Lake Oroville Spillways Construction Team completes Underground Secant Pile Cutoff Wall
Intense work continues at the Lake Oroville Spillways and the Department of Water Resources (DWR) recently announced in its most recent update that the emergency spillway’s underground secant pile cutoff wall was completed on March 7 and marks a major milestone for 2018 construction. The secant pile wall is 1,450- …
Read More »Reclamation prize competition seeks new ways to detect leaks and flaws in large buried pipelines
Seeking to stem the tide of billions of gallons of water being lost annually to undetected leaks in pipes delivering water, the Bureau of Reclamation has announced a new prize competition quest for innovative methods and technologies to detect leaks and flaws in large buried pipelines. No practical method currently …
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