Two Trinity County property owners have jointly been fined $10,000 over allegations they deliberately made misstatements in reporting water diversion and use for diversion years 2009 through 2015 in spite of receiving a Notice of Violation (NOV) via certified mail in June of 2015 pertaining to the reports they had …
Read More »Energy Storage Project Earns Orange County Business Council’s Best Public-Private Partnership Award
After having previously garnered the Golden Hub of Innovation Award from the Association of California Cities, Orange County and the Best Energy Program Award for medium utilities from the California Municipal Utilities Association, the Irvine Ranch Water District’s (IRWD) Energy Storage Project has earned another prestigious prize for its public-private …
Read More »Water Veteran Kirby Brill Appointed Interim GM for Inland Empire Utilities Agency
With more than 30 years in water resource management and planning, Kirby Brill has come out of retirement to serve as interim general manager at Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA). The IEUA Board of Directors unanimously appointed Brill to the agency’s top management position at the board’s Dec. 14 meeting. …
Read More »New DWR Flood Maintenance Assistance Program Seeking Proposals
California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) has announced funds for eligible flood maintenance activities through a new program — the Flood Maintenance Assistance Program (FMAP) — for Local Maintaining Agencies (LMAs) and Maintenance Areas (MAs). The FMAP program has been structured to help ensure the maintenance of State Plan of …
Read More »In the Spirit of Giving – The Adoption of Paradise Irrigation District for Christmas
If there is more joy in giving than in receiving then the employees and board members of South Coast Water District (SCWD) – and numerous other water agencies must have very joyful hearts these days! The destruction that rained down upon the small town of Paradise, in northern California, was …
Read More »Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant celebrates three years, 40 billion gallons of water
It was just three years ago that the nation’s largest, most technologically advanced and energy-efficient desalination plant came on line in Carlsbad. The plant provides San Diego County with more than 50 million gallons of high-quality, locally controlled, water every day. It is a foundational water supply for the county …
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