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Houston-based CEMEX, the State Lands Commission, the California Coastal Commission and the City of Marina have reached an historic four-way settlement agreement that ends coastal sand mining in Monterey County and in the continental United States. The agreement provides a December 31, 2020 end date for CEMEX’s sand extraction operations …

Certificates of Recognition have been sent to 438 companies for being “good corporate citizens” by the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County. The designation is indicative of the companies having met their limits for wastewater discharge for at least a year, fulfilled all permit requirements and maintained their environmental equipment. …

The non-profit Water Foundation – an advocate for better water policies and management – awarded Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) a Gold rating for the agency’s Sustainable Water Management (SWM) Profile earlier this week at a meeting of the utility’s board of directors. The agency earned the prestigious rating for …

Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) is pursuing $434 million in state funding to assist in paying for the public benefits of expanding the Los Vaqueros Reservoir. The state deadline for water agencies submitting applications requesting funding from Proposition 1, the $7.5 billion water bond, was Monday. The nine-member California Water …

Pasadena-based Tetra Tech, Inc. has been awarded a $113 million contract for technical support services for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Water. The five-year, multiple-award contract will support the EPA Office of Water’s Assessment and Watershed Protection Division. Tetra Tech’s EPA contract calls for their assistance in …

Speaking to a crowd of more than 300 attendees at Friday’s San Bernardino County (SBC) Water Conference, Joel Ledesma, deputy director, State Water Project with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), detailed the events leading up to February’s Oroville Dam disaster, the crisis itself and the some of the …