Southern California’s Metropolitan Water District has been given the green light to move ahead in its purchase of 20,000 acres of land in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. A ruling by San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Barbara Kronlund called a lawsuit by two Northern California counties to block the purchase …
Read More »Eastern Municipal Water District completes five solar power generation systems
Five new solar generation systems have been completed by the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) at their regional water reclamation facilities in Perris, Moreno Valley, Temecula, San Jacinto and Sun City. These systems will assist in providing the needed energy for the reclamation process. “Our investments in solar power are …
Read More »California Court Upholds Cadiz Water Project in Mojave Desert
The California 4th District Court of Appeal ruled earlier this week in favor of upholding six lower court decisions validating the Cadiz Water Project’s proposal to deliver an average of 50,000 acre feet of conserved, renewable desert groundwater to communities throughout Southern California. The three-judge panel in Santa Ana stated in …
Read More »House Democrats Introduce legislation for clean water infrastructure
California lawmaker Rep. Grace Napolitano, (D-CA) has joined forces with Rep. Pete DeFazio, (D-OR), to introduce legislation that will help cities and communities finance critical clean water infrastructure projects. The “Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2016”, would authorize $20 billion over five years for wastewater infrastructure. “The Water …
Read More »Carlsbad Desalination Plant Tapped as International Plant of the Year at International Conference
The Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, operational since December 2015, has been honored with a Global Water Award as the Desalination Plant of the Year for 2016 by Global Water Intelligence, publisher of periodicals for the international water industry. The award goes to “the desalination plant, commissioned during 2015, …
Read More »Contra Costa Water Protected if California WaterFix Becomes a Reality
Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) and the California Department of Water Resources (CDWR) recently announced an agreement regarding the proposed Bay Delta Conservation Plan /California WaterFix (CWF), aka the “twin tunnels”, should they be built. Since 2006, CCWD has publicly raised concerns with the state about the twin tunnels regarding …
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