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Cal Water has selected Tammy Johnson to lead the utility’s Bakersfield District permanently. Johnson has been serving as the Interim District Manager since April and worked in the Bakersfield District for three decades. Johnson has been with Cal Water for 35 years and has extensive hands-on knowledge of water distribution, …

New officers for the San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors were elected earlier this week, with Gary Croucher starting his two-year term as Board chair on Oct. 1. Croucher, vice chair of the Board for the past two years as a representative from the Otay Water District, will …

Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) announced they have been recognized with the 2020 Utility of the Future Today award for EMWD’s groundbreaking approach to expanding its recycled water system. The Utility of the Future Today program was launched in 2016 by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies, the Water …

Earlier this year Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District officially filed “reorganization” applications the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) to detach from the San Diego County Water Authority, citing they could save millions of dollars annually and a recent study supports that effort. According to a …

West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) has announced Water Lab: A Digital Learning Experience, a collection of online classes and other family-friendly virtual resources available for free to local residents and members of the public. The District is now taking reservations for the new program, which includes a series …

Rowland Water District has put together a variety of virtual education programs for the area schools to engage teachers and students with creative water activities, innovative curriculum, and virtual classroom field trips. The District has spent the last several months coordinating the effort in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “We …