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The Sacramento Area Sewer District (SASD) will pay $630,283 to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board for spilling nearly 1 million gallons of raw sewage over the past five years. The largest spill, during a holiday weekend in early 2021, accounted for nearly half of the overall total …

The San Diego County Water Authority has earned Climate Registered gold status from The Climate Registry for verifying and publicly reporting its greenhouse gas emissions. The effort fosters transparency for the agency’s climate mitigation initiatives and will help the Water Authority track and validate emissions reductions in the future. The Climate Registry …

Four local companies reached settlements with the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board for unauthorized discharges or failure to implement measures to eliminate or reduce pollutants at their construction sites. Of the four, GLC El Monte LLC agreed to pay the largest fine – $208,468 for unlawfully discharging sediment-laden …

A new ion exchange treatment plant, touted as the nation’s largest, began treating water to remove per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from local well water last week. The PFAS Treatment plant is operated by the Orange County Water District (OCWD) and the Yorba Linda Water District (YLWD) and is located at …

West Valley Water District (WVWD) Board of Directors have re-elected Channing Hawkins as board president to continue the organization’s strong track record in providing greater accountability, transparency and progress for the ratepayers, employees and region. “I think there’s a lot more we can do as a team and organization and …

In the true spirit of the holiday season, employees of Westlands Water District, along with Westside Family Preservation Services Network, participated in a food distribution program donating fresh food to families in Huron. This distribution was made possible, in part, because of an expanded donation from Westlands Water District to …