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Last week the Cucamonga Valley Water District (CVWD) Board of Directors approved the selection of Mr. Eduardo Espinoza as the new Assistant General Manager. Espinoza joined CVWD in 2011. His major responsibilities include developing strategic relationships to advance the District’s regional agenda and ensure service objectives are met, and executing …

The Water Replenishment District (WRD) Board of Directors appointed Stephan Tucker as the new General Manager of the district. With his expertise in managing large-scale water infrastructure projects, Mr. Tucker will help lead the District’s efforts to build a drought-resilient water supply in the region. In response to the Board’s …

California Water Service Group (Cal Water) recently announced the award of $80,000 in scholarships to 12 students living in its California, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Washington service areas for the 2021-2022 academic year. Cal Water had more than 300 applicants for their 8th annual college scholarship program. The winners were …

Experienced water advocate Brenda Dennstedt has been appointed to the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to represent the Western Municipal Water District, which serves both wholesale and retail customers in western Riverside County. Dennstedt fills the vacancy left by former Western director Don Galleano, …

The city of Laguna Beach has agreed to pay a $1.5 million penalty for a wastewater collection system failure that spilled 1.7 million gallons of raw sewage into Aliso Creek and the Pacific Ocean shoreline in 2019, contaminating protected marine habitat and recreational waters. In a settlement approved today by …

EPA’s Pacific Southwest Region recently announced the approval of a quick turn-around, DNA-based method to evaluate bacteria in San Diego County beach water. This method was developed for beach use by the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project and implemented in collaboration with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). …