Invasive mussels have now infested more than 30 California waterways and four state agencies are working collaboratively to help prevent further spread of both quagga and zebra mussels over the Memorial Day weekend. The California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways (CSPDBW), the California Department of Fish and Wildlife …
Read More »SnowPure Water Technologies presented with U.S. Presidential “E” Award for expansion of exports
San Clemente-based SnowPure Water Technologies, who makes and sells industrial and medical water purification technologies for the $5 billion global ultrapure market, was honored earlier this week with the prestigious U.S. Presidential “E” Award. SnowPure received the award for the increase of its exports from 80% in 2013 to 95% …
Read More »Nine Inland Empire water companies sign groundwater management agreement
A groundwater management agreement has recently been signed by nine Inland Empire water agencies and area cities who will now collaboratively participate in a new Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) I order to guarantee a dependable and resilient water system in the Yucaipa Basin. The nine water providers straddle the San …
Read More »Long-term water agreement reached between Western Municipal Water District and City of Riverside
The Riverside City Council approved a long-term water agreement between Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) and Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) last week for the benefit of customers of both water providers. The City of Riverside, has a surplus amount to the projected yearly water demand of their customers’ needs for …
Read More »Water deliveries to begin for Salinas Valley disadvantaged communities with nitrate polluted groundwater
The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (CCRWQB) has expressed its support for and joined with the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB) Office of Enforcement and the Salinas Basin Agricultural Stewardship Group in a recent agreement to soon provide safe drinking water to disadvantaged communities in the Salinas …
Read More »Inland Empire Utilities’ Board President receives inaugural WaterNow Alliance Impact Award
Steve Elie, Inland Empire Utilities Agency’s (IEUA) board president, is the inaugural recipient of the WaterNow Alliance Impact Award recognizing his leadership in the negotiations of a non-litigated resolution of a longstanding groundwater contamination in the city of Ontario, in southwestern San Bernardino County. A cleanup order had originally been …
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