Conservation

The Bureau of Reclamation selected two winners for the Water for America’s Crops Challenge for their ideas to improve water delivery by reducing water seeping from canals. “Reclamation’s 8,000 miles of canals deliver water across the Western United States,” said Chief Engineer David Raff. “It is important that we reduce …

West Basin Municipal Water District announced that customer demand for imported water reached a historic low in 2022.  For the first time ever, demand was less than 100,000 acre-feet (AF) of imported drinking water. Customers used approximately 98,750 AF of water for their homes and businesses during 2022, which is …

Palmdale Water District (PWD) recently announced two of its top water users, the city of Palmdale and the Antelope Valley Union High School District (AVUHSD), reduced their water usage in 2022 by more than 20% compared to usage in 2020. The city reduced water use by 22% and AVUHSD’s had …

Panel of independent scientists established to set baseline aquifer and watershed conditions in preparation for monitoring of project operations Cadiz, Inc. announced this week that the Technical Review Panel (“TRP”) responsible for technical oversight and environmental monitoring of the Cadiz Water Conservation and Storage Project (“Project”) has been officially initiated …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced last week the approval of groundwater sustainability plans for four groundwater basins – Napa Valley Subbasin in Napa County, as well as Santa Rosa Plain Subbasin, Petaluma Valley Basin, and Sonoma Valley Subbasin in Sonoma County. The plans approved for the four Northern …

California American Water and EchoTech Services, Inc. teamed up to install seven water bottle fill stations at Wayfinder Family Services’ main campus in Los Angeles. With more than 150 staff members, residents and students on the campus, the filling stations will not only help to reduce the amount of single …