California’s high school and college students have the opportunity to earn scholarship funds by entering a video competition hosted by the California Special Districts Association (CSDA). CSDA is comprised of more than 2,000 independent service providers and provide vital services like clean water and renewable energy, fire protection and public …
Read More »Metropolitan Water District shares good news for region’s imported water needs
Metropolitan Water District (MWD), the Southland’s largest water supplier, has painted a more optimistic picture of the area’s water status at a press conference held at their downtown Los Angeles office on Monday. Though acknowledging California’s drought is still in existence, especially in Southern California, MWD officials claim increases in …
Read More »Northern reservoirs start water year 2017 with 4.9 million acre-feet of water but drought persists
The good news is that six key reservoirs in Northern California have begun water year (WY) 2017 with 4.9 million acre-feet of water. The bad news is California is still gripped by the drought conditions that have persisted for the past five years and forecasters still don’t have a clear …
Read More »Orange County Municipal Water District expands its “What About Water” high school program
The Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) has launched its second year of its high school water education program, “What About Water,” in a partnership with the Orange County Department of Education’s (OCDE) Inside the Outdoors (ITO) and various Orange County water agencies. The program began with 14 participating …
Read More »$4 million groundwater study in northern Orange County Water Basin to be overseen by EPA
A joint remediation investigation and feasibility study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Orange County Water District will address an area of groundwater contamination in an area, known as the “North Basin” which is several miles long and over a mile wide. The North Basin is located …
Read More »A new water year has begun in California; following 2016’s “snow drought” status
A new water year began in California last Saturday on the heels of the state’s fifth consecutive year of drought conditions. The most recent year was marked by “meager precipitation that fell more often as rain than snow” according to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and its recently …
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