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California American Water (CAW) customers in the Geyserville and Larkfield service areas (Sonoma County) and who were evacuated for several days as part of the response to the Kincade fire, may have one less thing to worry about. CAW has activated its Customer Protection Program which designed to take stress …

The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded funds to ten Western water agencies to assist with establishing or expanding water markets or water marketing activities. The awards total $2 million and when non-federal cost-share contributions are included, these funds will total more than $4.6 million in water marketing planning activities. Of …

Michelle Reimers, Turlock Irrigation District’s (TID) current assistant general manager of External Affairs, has recently been select by the irrigation district’s Board of Director to serve as TID’s next general manager, effective Jan. 2, 2020. Reimers will the seventh general manager in TID’s history succeeding Casey Hashimoto. “The Board believes …

In light of the many fires and other disaster events in California, plus the ever-evolving realities of climate change, Santa Clarita Valley Water (SCVW) has reviewed its operational plan in the event of an emergency and recently shared it with the district’s customers. A seven-point plan has been developed should …

Kristin White has been appointed as operations manager for the Bureau of Reclamation’s California-Great Basin Region’s Central Valley Operations (CVO) office in Sacramento. White will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day water and power operations of Reclamation’s Central Valley Project (CVP), one of the world’s premier water storage and delivery …

The recent 2019 Annual Fall Conference and Board Meeting of the California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association (CA-NV AWWA) concluded with two new leaders for the non-profit association. The annual meeting was held October 21 to 24 in San Diego. Prior to the three-day conference the association endorsed …