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A partnership between the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and Project Water Education for Teachers (Project WET) is offering K-12 teachers two workshops on “Understanding Climate Change in California.” The workshops are sponsored by DWR’s Climate Change team and facilitated by Project Wet, a nonprofit water education organization. DWR sponsors …

South Coast Water District (SCWD) recently took home a national “Savvy Award” from the National City-County Communications and Marketing Association’s (3CMA) national Savvy Awards Competition during a ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, WI. SCWD received the top national award for its marketing and communications plans for its Tunnel Stabilization …

Historically used for mining copper, zinc, silver and gold, the Copper Bluff Mine, in Humboldt County, is being proposed for addition to the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL). The announcement of the possible addition of Copper Bluff Mine to the NPL was made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency …

Metropolitan Water District’s Board of Directors has welcomed two new directors representing the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA). Jerry Butkiewicz and Tim Smith, succeed directors Keith Lewinger and Elsa Saxod, who served on the Metropolitan board for nine years and nearly two years, respectively. Butkiewicz has been a longtime …

Tri Ta, the current mayor of Westminster, was recently appointed to fill an open board seat, with the Orange County Water District (OCWD) representing division 4 and the Orange County cities of Los Alamitos and Seal Beach as well as parts of Buena Park, Cypress, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Stanton …

Moulton Niguel Water District (MNWD) and their pioneer customers, El Niguel Country Club and Mission Viejo Country Club, began using recycled water in 1968. Over the years both the wter district and the country clubs have expanded and improved their water conservation efforts. In the past 50 years MNWD’s recycled …