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The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies’ (AMWA) recently presented its 2019 Gold Award for Exceptional Utility Performance to the Orange County Water District (OCWD) at the association’s Executive Management Conference in Newport, RI. The honor was bestowed by a distinguished panel of peer judges for OCWD’s significant contribution to the …

Officials, family members and former water colleagues of Carl Boronkay on Oct. 16 gathered at Diamond Valley Lake’s East Dam to unveil a plaque dedicating the Carl Boronkay East Dam at the Hemet lake in honor of Metropolitan Water District’s (MWD) former general manager and general counsel. Boronkay is regarded …

Even though the most imminent danger at the current time are the wildfires that are raging throughout California, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) recently issued notice urging Californians to be proactive and prepare for flooding as the winter storm season quickly approaches. Much like the preparations that state …

Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) has recently earned a 2019 Platinum Award for Utility Excellence award from the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA). AMWA is an organization of the largest publicly owned water utilities in the U.S. CVWD is one of only two agencies across the U.S. to earn …

Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) Tracy Quinn and Glendale City Councilman Vartan Gharpetian recently joined the Board of Directors for Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Quinn succeeds Mark Gold, who served as a NRDC director since April 2016. Gharpetian replaces Zareh Sinanyan, who represented the Glendale City Council on …

The Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District (USGVMWD) has returned home from the WaterSmart Innovations Conference in Las Vegas with its first WaterSense Partner of the Year Award for its water waste promotional efforts in 2018. The Monrovia-based water district received one of 25 WaterSense awards for its efforts …