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The Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA) Commission recently announced the appointment of Richard E. Haller as the new General Manager. Mr. Haller had been serving as Interim General Manager since July 1, 2017. Prior to July, Haller was the Engineering & Operations Manager and has held several positions at …

California American Water has entered into a Purchase Agreement to acquire the operating assets of Hillview Water Company. California American Water aims to complete the transaction and assume the provision of water service within the Hillview Water Company service area between Oakhurst and Raymond, Calif. in 2018. Hillview Water Company …

California’s water professionals are on the front lines of one of the state’s most important lifelines. It is a life-sustaining profession and it continues 24/7, 365 days a year; the public depends on water professionals to guarantee that when the tap is activated that water – good, clean water – …

The 27 public agencies throughout California that comprise the State Water Contractors (SWC) are investing $380,000 as their contribution to habitat studies in the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta this fall. The habitat studies are being conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation through the Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) to better understand the …

The California State Supreme Court denied to review an appellate court ruling earlier this week brought forward by the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) regarding a case over rates set by the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California. The case ruling earlier this year by the …

Blythe-based Palo Verde Irrigation District (PVID) filed a lawsuit against Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California last week alleging California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) violations. Filed in Riverside County, the lawsuit contends that CEQA laws were violated when MWD executed six farmland parcel leases, without the required Environmental Impact …