Industry

A settlement has been reached by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with Salinas, CA-based Taylor Farms Retail, Inc. for violations at its refrigerated warehouse and food processing facility. The company has been fined a penalty of $67,640 and must take steps to preclude pollutants from discharging in industrial stormwater. …

Lockheed Martin Corporation and Honeywell International, Inc. are jointly now required by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to pay $21 million to expand groundwater treatment and conduct additional groundwater contamination studies at the San Fernando Valley Area 1 Superfund site. The EPA recently finalized three orders requiring the work. The …

Two Southern California water districts were recently recognized by the California Special District Leadership Foundation (SDLF) for outstanding efforts to promote transparency and good governance. The Vallecitos Water District (VWD) in San Marcos and the Rowland Water District (RWD) in the San Gabriel Valley were honored for exemplifying essential governance …

Dorene D’Adamo has been reconfirmed as a member of the State Water Resources Control Board by the California Senate following her reappointment in February by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. Her new term will expire in January 2022. D’Adamo was originally appointed by Gov. Brown in March 2013 and confirmed …

Michael Bentel, a doctoral student at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), has been chosen as the recipient of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) 2018 American Water Scholarship. The scholarship of $5,000 is presented annually by American Water, the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company to …

Bureau of Reclamation veteran, Donald E. Portz, has been selected as manager of Reclamation’s San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP). Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific region made the announcement late last week. “Dr. Portz has extensive experience with the San Joaquin River Restoration Program and many of the stakeholders and partners we work …