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The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has adopted comprehensive regulations to modernize the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP), which oversees more than 650 laboratories that regulate testing of drinking water, wastewater discharges and hazardous waste cleanup sites throughout California. The new regulations require accredited laboratories to implement a nationally …

The State Water Resources Control Board announced this week that agreement to provide approximately $5 million in grant funds for testing and remediation of lead in drinking water at licensed Child Care Centers has been executed. Assembly Bill 2370 which was passed in 2018 required all licensed child care centers …

Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) will use two construction grants totaling about $3.3 million to fund three projects that will bring safe, reliable domestic water and fire protection to two Disadvantaged Communities and one elementary school in the Eastern Coachella Valley. The water system consolidation grants were awarded April 29 …

The San Diego County Water Authority and its member agencies are supporting a virtual food drive in partnership with the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank. The campaign allows donors to select and purchase items such as canned meats, vegetables, fruits, peanut butter and oatmeal for distribution to needy residents. To donate, go to www.bit.ly/SDWaterAgencyFoodDrive. The effort was originally launched by the …

Agencies throughout the state have cancelled or postponed their events due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the American Water Works Association has not escaped the effects of the stay-at-home orders either with the cancellation of their Spring Conference. However, the California Nevada Section of AWWA is offering three webinars in …

Imperial Irrigation District (IID) has announced that they have begun a voluntary on-site shelter-in-place program at facilities crucial to maintaining its water and energy operations. Thirty-two employees have volunteered for the on-site sequestration program, which started this past weekend and will last for a minimum of three weeks. “As the …