If there is more joy in giving than in receiving then the employees and board members of South Coast Water District (SCWD) – and numerous other water agencies must have very joyful hearts these days! The destruction that rained down upon the small town of Paradise, in northern California, was …
Read More »Coachella Valley Water District awarded 2017 Steel Tank of the Year by Steel Trade Association
The Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA) recently recognized a number of representing fabricators of steel construction products and their suppliers, annually recognizes companies that produce steel storage tanks, field erected water tanks, pressure vessels and heat exchangers, and pipe and pipelines. Their customers are from the petrochemical, power …
Read More »EMWD Welcomes Stephen J. Corona as New Board Member
Eastern Municipal Water District’s newest board member, Stephen J. Corona was sworn in earlier this month. Corona was elected in November by the residents of Division 2 – the Temecula and Murrieta areas – to a four-year term that will run through 2022. “I am honored that the residents of …
Read More »ACWA’s 2018 Huell Howser Best in Blue Award for Communications Excellence Goes to OCWD
The path from project concept to reality and on to a robust communications plan to dispel the “yuck factor” has been an extensive undertaking for the Orange County Water District (OCWD). But their efforts were recently acknowledged and celebrated at the annual Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)Fall Conference held …
Read More »ACWA Awards 2018-2019 Graduate Scholarship to USC Student Carlos Carrillo
The recipient of the 2018-’19 Stephen K. Hall Water Law & Policy scholarship was named earlier this week at the Association of California Water Agencies’ (ACWA) Fall Conference & Exhibition held in San Diego. University of Southern California (USC) graduate student Carlos Carrillo was selected to receive $7,000 to use …
Read More »Halla Razak, Inland Empire Utilities Agency GM, Announces Resignation Effective Dec. 31
Citing family circumstances, Inland Empire Utilities Agency’s (IEUA) General Manager Halla Razak, has tendered her resignation effective Dec. 31. Razak her served as IEUA’s general manager since Dec. 1 of last year. Razak joined IEUA after a 19-year tenure with the city of San Diego. Her last position with the …
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