Wet & Wonderful: Celebrating Our Precious Water, an event hosted by Foothill Municipal Water District, will be held Saturday, Sept. 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge. The event is open to the public and will include a series of speakers on …
Read More »Halla Razak appointed as Inland Empire Utilities Agency’s new General Manager effective Dec. 1
A 19-year veteran with the city of San Diego, most recently as director of the city’s Public Utilities Department, will join Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) as its new general manager as of this coming Dec.1. Halla Razak will assume her position with IEUA as current General Manager Joe Grindstaff …
Read More »Workshop for mercury-impaired reservoirs operators, owners scheduled for Oct. 11
Owners and operators of mercury-impaired reservoirs throughout California will have the opportunity in mid-October to attend a first-time workshop to discuss the Statewide Mercury Control Program for Reservoirs draft staff report as well as the reservoir water chemistry and fisheries management questionnaire distributed in June. The workshop will be held …
Read More »OCWD’s General Manager Markus addresses Congress, Dept. of the Interior on membrane technology
A Congressional briefing on Capitol Hill and a roundtable discussion at the U.S. Department of Interior were co-hosted by the WateReuse Association, the American Membrane Technology Association and the Water Environment Federation was held on Thursday to discuss the experiences of six WateReuse Association members with membrane technology to treat …
Read More »Reclamation awards two California agencies $400,000 grants for water marketing strategy projects
Two California water marketing strategy projects have received $400,000 each as part of the Bureau of Reclamation’s grant of $2.1 million for planning activities awarded to help establish or expand water markets or water marketing transactions. The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) in Oakland and El Dorado County Water …
Read More »El Toro Water District receives Public Communications Achievement Award
El Toro Water District (ETWD) has received the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Public Communications Achievement Award in recognition of its communication and outreach effort for an 18 month, major multi-phase Recycled Water Expansion Project. The project impacted the cities of Laguna Hills and Laguna Woods. ETWD began the project …
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