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The city of Hollister, which operates a municipal sewer system and industrial wastewater treatment plant, agreed to a $181,110 settlement with the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board for the unauthorized release of approximately 38,500 gallons of tomato processing wastewater into the San Benito River. Under the agreement, half …

San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (SBVMWD) recently announced the Heather Dyer as new General Manager of the State Water Contractor. Dyer was selected at the December SBVWMD Board meeting after performing a statewide search.  Dyer joined the agency in 2014, is an experienced regional environmental planner who has been …

Earlier this month at Walnut Valley Water District’s (WVWD) last Board meeting of the year, Director Theresa Lee assumed the position of Board President. This will be Director Lee’s first term as WVWD Board President. Director Lee represents WVWD’s Division 3, which includes the community of South Diamond Bar. Lee …

Brenda Wren Burman, the 23rd Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, has more than 25 years of working on Western Water Issues and is the first female commissioner. Burman employs 5,500 people who are charged with the task of overseeing water resource management as it relates to water rerouting, water …

Earlier this month the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) presented its Huell Howser Best in Blue Award to the Kings River Conservation District (KRCD) for its Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) Campaigns for the McMullin Area, North Fork Kings and South Fork Kings. KRCD utilized core messaging, design elements and …

The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to execute 15 Central Valley Project interim renewal water service contracts for two-year terms to begin March 1, 2020. The existing interim renewal water service contracts will expire on Feb. 29, 2020. This announcement opens the public comment period. Public comments are due by Feb. …