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Palmdale Water District (PWD) recently announced two of its top water users, the city of Palmdale and the Antelope Valley Union High School District (AVUHSD), reduced their water usage in 2022 by more than 20% compared to usage in 2020. The city reduced water use by 22% and AVUHSD’s had …

Panel of independent scientists established to set baseline aquifer and watershed conditions in preparation for monitoring of project operations Cadiz, Inc. announced this week that the Technical Review Panel (“TRP”) responsible for technical oversight and environmental monitoring of the Cadiz Water Conservation and Storage Project (“Project”) has been officially initiated …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced last week the approval of groundwater sustainability plans for four groundwater basins – Napa Valley Subbasin in Napa County, as well as Santa Rosa Plain Subbasin, Petaluma Valley Basin, and Sonoma Valley Subbasin in Sonoma County. The plans approved for the four Northern …

California American Water and EchoTech Services, Inc. teamed up to install seven water bottle fill stations at Wayfinder Family Services’ main campus in Los Angeles. With more than 150 staff members, residents and students on the campus, the filling stations will not only help to reduce the amount of single …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is partnering with the State Water Resources Control Board to fast-track efforts to capture flood waters to recharge groundwater basins. Water captured during extreme wet periods such as the one California is now experiencing will be stored in groundwater basins for use during dry …

In a welcome turn of events, Roseville has begun recharging the local groundwater basin with surplus water from Folsom Reservoir. The recent series of storms has caused the reservoir to fill and releases are needed for flood control. Roseville, through their contract with the Bureau of Reclamation will be able …