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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries), the two federal agencies that implement the Endangered Species Act (ESA), issued biological opinions on Monday that the construction and operations of WaterFix, as proposed, would not jeopardize the continued existence of ESA-listed species. This …

A grant of up to $4,000,000 has been authorized by the board of the State Coastal Conservancy to the city of Los Angles for the San Fernando Valley Stormwater Capture Project. The funds will be used for the design, implementation and monitoring of five sites in the San Fernando Valley. …

Otay Water District (OWD) was recently granted a presidential permit to build an approximately four-mile potable water pipeline at the International Boundary between the United States and Mexico in San Diego County. The new pipeline would connect OWD with a desalination plant in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. The increasing need …

The proposed plan to build a new state-of-the-art field station in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta on the former Rio Vista Army Base has completed an important portion of the pre-build process with the finalization of the environmental documents. The proposed Rio Vista Estuarine Research Station is intended to house scientists …

In partnership and cooperation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Navy Facilities Engineering Command, the Bureau of Reclamation has initiated a competition seeking concepts to protect large, hydraulic structures from corrosion in water environments including hydroelectric penstock pipes and gates …

Water overflowing from a pond at a nearby business in the Inland Empire’s Palm Desert has caused two sewer pipes and an irrigation pipe to break.  The overflowing water caused an earthen area to erode and created a gaping hole approximately 25-feet deep and 50-feet wide. Coachella Valley Water District …