The multi-year concern over California’s unrelenting drought has clearly turned a corner thanks to plentiful precipitation in virtually all areas of the state. However, concern now focuses on the anticipated massive water runoff resulting in this year’s near record snowpack in the Eastern Sierra. The Los Angeles Department of Water …
Read More »Mojave Water announces Tom McCarthy as new GM; Kirby Brill to retire in July
After 17 years at the helm of the Mojave Water Agency (MWA) General Manager Kirby Brill is set to retire on July 21. The MWA Board of Directors announced earlier this week they have selected Tom McCarthy, currently the Acting Engineering Manager/Chief Engineer and Water Resources Planning Manager for Anaheim …
Read More »Modern Stairways Inc. of Spring Valley issued $94,078 penalty for pollution runoff
Modern Stairways, Inc. of Spring Valley — approximately 12 miles east of San Diego – was assessed a $94,078 penalty by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (SDRWQCB) Executive Office earlier this week for long-standing water quality violations related to industrial activities. The company has been in violation …
Read More »New App to help document and detect Harmful Algal Blooms
The State Water Resource Control Board is asking for the public’s assistance in the documentation and detection of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB). Water Boards across the state have collaborated to launch BloomWatch App at http://cyanos.org/bloomwatch/ allowing people who observe what they think is a HAB to document the site by …
Read More »California and Oregon Governors request federal declaration of salmon disaster and assistance
California’s Gov. Jerry Brown and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown have spearheaded an effort by both states to seek assistance from the federal government for aid in assisting commercial salmon fishers and salmon-dependent businesses in light of the two states’ catastrophic regional fishery disaster and commercial fishery failure this year. The …
Read More »Reclamation seeks application framework development for mobile electronic data collection/capture
Agency making $30,000 available for prize competition The Bureau of Reclamation has announced the first stage of a planned three-stage prize competition for the development of an application framework to support electronic data collection and capture using mobile devices for a diverse range of data collection situations. Reclamation is making …
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