California Water Service (Cal Water) has announced the launch of its fourth annual Cal Water H2O Challenge along with its partner, the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). The competition allows fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade classrooms in Cal Water service areas to compete against their peers for classroom cash …
Read More »Stanislaus County installs two new infiltration system to address standing water, increase recharge
Standing or pooled water and run off water don’t stand a chance anymore in two locations in Stanislaus County. Conversely, the rate of groundwater recharge in Oakdale will be increased. Decreasing the one and increasing the other are thanks to a new state-of-the-art infiltration technology from The Water Group, LLC. …
Read More »Prize competition to eradicate invasive quagga and zebra mussels initiated by Reclamation
The Bureau of Reclamation is looking for solutions to eradicate invasive quagga and zebra mussels in open waters especially large reservoirs, lakes and rivers. The prize competition is for 100-percent eradication of the invasive mussels in both a cost-effective and environmentally sound manner. Although the challenge consists of three stages, …
Read More »USDA Forest Service announces another 27 million California trees have died since November 2016
The effects of California’s prolonged drought continue to be felt and seen throughout the state. The state and local water agencies continue to promote water conservation, dead vegetation can still be found in residential and commercial properties and, now, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that an …
Read More »Eleven projects funded by Prop 1 water funds for disadvantaged Trinity County communities
The State Water Resources Control Board, in conjunction with the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, recently approved the funding of 11 projects in the North Coast region including more than $15 million for the consolidation of three wastewater collection and treatment systems in the Trinity County community of …
Read More »Orange County Nursery donates 300 plants for Irrigation Field Trials at two UC campuses
Village Nurseries – founded in 1976 and serving the re-wholesale, retail and landscape contractor markets throughout the western United States – has donated 300 plants to the University of California Landscape Plant Irrigation Trials to help determine water needs for landscape plants. The trials are part of meeting California’s mandatory …
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