Industry

Padre Dam Municipal Water District’s longtime Board member and Board Vice President James Peasley passed away on August 2.  Board President Bill Pommering shares, “I have been honored to work with Jim for over a decade. Our community has lost a friend and a champion of serving the water needs …

The Bureau of Reclamation is launching a new prize competition seeking new and improved ground-based precipitation devices. These devices should be reliable, accurate, low maintenance, and able to operate in remote areas in extreme weather conditions. The Counting Every Drop Challenge is a two-phase prize competition totaling up to $300,000 …

Cadiz Inc. announced Friday that it will dedicate 5,000 acre-feet of water per year to the Salton Sea Authority and Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians (“Torres Martinez Tribe”), and that the Company will provide up to $5 million to install pipeline infrastructure and well treatment technology on tribal lands. Cadiz …

Helix Water District announced this week that it selected Brian Olney to be the organization’s new general manager, effective September 1, 2022. Olney was appointed to Helix’s Director of Water Quality and System Operations position in 2016 and to the Assistant General Manager position in 2021. He has 28 years …

Cadiz Inc. announced last week that Sen. Richard Polanco (ret.) of Los Angeles has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. His appointment fills an existing vacancy on the Board. Sen. Polanco brings to the Board 40 years of high-level experience in elected office and the private sector with …

San Diego County Water Authority General Manager Sandra L. Kerl is taking the reins as board chair of California Urban Water Agencies (CUWA), a nonprofit corporation that supports development of sound water policy statewide. The Water Authority is one of 11 member agencies of CUWA that are collectively responsible for …