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Twenty-five grants have been proposed by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) for Round 3 of the Statewide Flood Emergency Response Grant Program. DWR has launched a public comment period regarding the Draft List of Awards through 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Following the conclusion of the …

Scientists and engineers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) may have a new method for projecting wet or dry weather in the Southwest for the coming winter. Lead author Antonios Mamalakis, a UCI graduate student in civil & environmental engineering, said the UCI New Zealand Index study produced an …

Pardee Homes, the residential home building company, has been fined by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board (SDWB) for numerous instances of uncontrolled sediment runoff at the 204-acre Castlerock Weston construction site near Santee in southern Diego County. The enforcement action contends that more than 70,000 gallons of …

San Diego Superior Court Judge Joan M. Lewis recently ruled to uphold a $595,367 fine by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board in a lawsuit against housing developer San Altos-Lemon Grove, LLC. The developer had sought to have the fine overturned in spite of numerous water quality violations …

With schools already dismissed for the year – or soon will be – and the summer recreational season about to swing into full gear, the California State Water Resources Control Board has issued a reminder to the public to be aware of harmful algal blooms (HABs). The seasonal blooms can …

South-of-Delta Central Valley Project contractor allocations for the 2018 contract year have been updated by the Bureau of Reclamation. South-of-Delta agricultural water service contractors’ allocations have been increased from 40 percent to 45 percent. The allocation for South-of-Delta municipal and industrial contractors remains at the greater of 75 percent of …