Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) has announced awards totaling $14,000 to 19 Riverside County teachers as Lois B. Krieger Water Project Grants for Educators recipients for various water related educational projects. The projects ranged from water quality testing to hydroponic gardening and from water sensory exploration to wetlands activities. Grant …
Read More »Inland Empire Utilities Agency Debuts The Water Pirates of Neverland: Run Aground! for Children
Southern California’s Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA), in partnership with The National Theatre for Children (NTC), will visit 50 local elementary schools with live performances of The Water Pirates of Neverland: Run Aground! from Feb. 4 to 13. Performances by the professional actors from NTC will aid in sparking conversations …
Read More »State Water Board Launches New Undergraduate/Graduate Paid Internship Program
Do you know an undergraduate or graduate student with a passion for California’s water industry and all its complexities that would be interested in the initial cohort of paid internships with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)? If so, share this information with them post-haste and have them prepare …
Read More »City of San Diego Joins State Lawsuit Against USIBWC Over Sewage, Sediment and Trash Issues
San Diego’s City Council voted unanimously in closed session earlier this week to join California’s lawsuit against the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) over the contamination flowing in the Tijuana River Valley through the Tijuana River Estuary and out to the Pacific Ocean while fouling the beaches north …
Read More »New Vice President of Water Infrastructure at Cordoba Corporation
Cordoba Corporation, the statewide full-service engineering, program and construction management firm specializing in infrastructure projects in the water and energy, transportation, and education sectors, has announced Richard Coles as the new Senior Vice President of Water Infrastructure. Coles has more than two decades supporting air quality, dust control, water conveyance …
Read More »ACWA Scholarship Application Deadline Nears Deadline is March 1
The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) will be awarding up to $32,000 in academic scholarships to well-qualified and high-achieving graduate or undergraduate students majoring in a water resources-related fields of study. Six scholarships of varying amounts are available; the application deadline for the 2019-2020 scholarships is Friday, March 1. …
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