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Residents in the City of Willows will now receive water from California Water Service, (Cal Water) following the acquisition of the city’s water system assets. The purchase, completed in late December 2023, was made possible by California Assembly Bills 2339 and 850. In 2018, the state enacted AB 2339, authored …

San Jose Water (SJW) filed its 2024 General Rate Case (GRC) application with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) last week seeking approval of new rates in the next three years. The GRC application proposes a 3-year $540 million capital investment program to ensure a resilient water system for SJW …

The Bureau of Reclamation recently announced two new appointments to serve the California-Great Basin Region. Karl Stock has been named Regional Director and succeeds Ernest Conant, who was also promoted to Senior Advisor to the Deputy Commissioner for Operations. Stock will lead the management, development and protection of water and …

The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) voted in closed session last month to drop it’s lawsuit challenging the plan by the Fallbrook Public Utilities District (FPUD) and Rainbow Municipal Water District (RMWD) to leave the broader agency and join the Eastern Municipal Water District of Riverside County. The settlement …

Vallecitos Water District has extended the deadline to apply for their Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). Low-income customers now have until March 31, 2024 to apply for help to pay their current or past-due water and sewer bills. LIHWAP, initially established by Congress in December 2020 during the …

Last month the Yuba Water Agency announced the approval $25 million in grants and one cash-flow loan for two dozen multi-year projects in Yuba County as part of its Community Impact Grant and Loan Program and a separate $10.4 million grant to Yuba County to help the county leverage additional …