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The State Water Resources Control Board has conditionally banned two El Dorado County businessmen from owning or operating gas stations in California after a multi-year investigation accused them of violating multiple underground storage tank (UST) requirements. Azad Amiri and Sarbjit S. Kang, along with 13 other defendants, have settled with …

World Water Day is an annual United Nations observance day that highlights the importance of freshwater. The day is used to advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources and is celebrated around the world with a variety of events. Events are celebrated through educational, theatrical and musical events or …

A new competition seeking fresh and innovative ideas to lower the cost of continuous streamflow monitoring has been announced by the Bureau of Reclamation. Reclamation and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are partnering on this prize competition. Competition participants will be required to develop and submit a white paper detailing …

A water-rich snowpack has blessed the Sierra Nevada thus far this year and indicators are that Californians should expect even more rain and snow this year. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted its third manual 2019 Phillips Station snow survey on Thursday and found 113 inches of snow depth …

A quarantine that began on July 18, 1996 to purge the invasive aquatic weed, hydrilla, ended successfully this week after the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and the Shasta County Agricultural Commissioner’s office eradicated two hydrilla infestations within the cites of Redding and Anderson. Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) is …

Santa Barbara County oil and gas operator Greka Energy may have run afoul of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), again, and is now being required to conduct sampling at its Santa Maria, Calif. refinery to determine whether improper storage and management of hazardous wastes contaminated local soil and groundwater. …