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Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) recently installed its new elected five-member Board of Directors for 2017. Thomas P. Evans, a WMWD board member for the past ten years, was sworn in as the district’s 2017 Board President. “It is an honor to continue to represent Western’s constituents as the 2017 …

Water deluged and flooded San Jose has received a $10,000 donation from the Santa Clara County REALTORS® Foundation for the San Jose Flood Victims Relief Fund. The Relief Fund, set up by San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and Silicon Valley Community Foundation, will be used to support nonprofit agencies in …

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has confirmed that invasive mussel veligers (the final microscopic larval stage of certain mollusks with two ciliated flaps for swimming and feeding) have been detected in water samples from the North Park valve of the Santa Ana Pipeline. It is unknown at this …

Svindland to oversee the completion of the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project Effective March 1, Richard Svindland will assume the position as president of California and Hawaii American Water, replacing Robert MacLean, who has served as president of California American Water since 2009. MacLean has been appointed as senior vice …

The winter’s heavy rains have changed the appearance of the landscape surrounding New Melones Lake with abundant flora and fauna. A full slate of spring interpretive programs have been announced by the Bureau of Reclamation at New Melones. This may be your chance to see a kaleidoscope of flowers, replenished …

Local stakeholders, in conjunction with the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD), have formed a new task force to ensure access to safe, affordable drinking water, wastewater and flood control services in historically disadvantaged Coachella Valley communities. The new Disadvantaged Communities Infrastructure Task Force (DCITF) is working on both short-term and …