Industry

The Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) announced last week that the agency was recently recognized by the Partnership for Clean Water (PCW) with a Directors Award for its report on the district’s largest wastewater treatment plant. CVWD is the first plant in California to achieve this status with the 2019 …

Arsenic in drinking water is a known cancer-causing agent and ubiquitous in nature, appearing worldwide. It is a metalloid element, often a by-product of some agricultural and industrial activities. But having been found in the Sutter County Water Works District’s (SCWWD) system has prompted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to …

The terminology “atmospheric river” has become a common description for specific downpours in California but do we really know what they are and how they impact our water supply? The Building Industry Association, Baldy View Chapter (BIA) just announced that Dr. F. Martin “Marty” Ralph from the Scripps Institution of …

The Southwest Membrane Operators Association (SWMOA) recently honored the Sweetwater Authority (SWA), headquartered in Chula Vista, with the Best Tasting Membrane Water in the Southwest Region Award. The award was presented to the Sweetwater Authority Governing Board on Wed., July 24. SWA’s Richard A. Reynolds Desalination Facility was recognized as …

Martin L. Adams was appointed as general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) earlier this week by the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners. Adams, a 35-year veteran with LADWP, was as nominated to the post by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti in …

A former U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Investigator, Abel Salinas, was recently named as the new ethics officer for the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California. Salinas spent two decades the U.S. DOL where he led a variety of investigations. Salinas succeeds MWD General Auditor Gerald Riss, who has …