The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) recently completed the rehabilitation of its Grand View Regulator Station as part of its five-year $2.4 billion Water Infrastructure Plan. The plan seeks to replace or upgrade numerous elements of the department’s water infrastructure including in-city reservoirs and water tanks, large …
Read More »Issues of transparency, lack of trust continue to swirl in Oroville area after dam disaster
A 12-question survey, recently mailed to specific residents within Assemblyman Jim Gallagher’s (R-3rd Assembly District-Chico) district, is showing that 70 percent of the respondents claim that the Department of Water Resources (DWR) has lost all public trust with the communities downstream from the Oroville Dam. The survey also found that …
Read More »BLM determines Cadiz Water Project Can Construct in Railroad Right-of-Way
The United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued a letter to Cadiz Inc., the Santa Margarita Water District (SMWD) and the Arizona & California Railroad (ARZC) concluding that the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project’s proposed use of the existing ARZC right-of-way to construct a pipeline …
Read More »Coachella Valley Water District Board of Directors votes in favor of California WaterFix
The Board of Directors for the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) joined a growing number of water agencies now in support of the California WaterFix, known as Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed project to modernize and upgrade the state’s aging water infrastructure and delivery system and increase reliability of imported water …
Read More »Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors endorses California WaterFix, a $4.3 billion investment
The 38-member Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) Board of Directors met Tuesday and voted in support of California WaterFix. The proposed California WaterFix is Governor Jerry Brown’s answer for upgrades in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to secure California’s water supplies now and for the foreseeable future and to …
Read More »Perris to vote on Measures G and H, the possible sale of two water systems to Liberty Utilities
Perris residents and customers of Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) will have an opportunity in November to vote on the proposed sale of the city’s two water service systems. EMWD is the wholesale water provider in the region. Although EMWD is the local water wholesaler, the city’s two systems are …
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