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Dave Eggerton, the current general manager of the Calaveras County Water District (CCWD), has been named by the Board of Directors of the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) as the association’s new Executive Director Designate. Eggerton is slated to succeed current ACWA Executive Director Timothy Quinn who will be …

The American Heart Association (AHA) has recognized Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) for taking significant steps to build a culture of health in the workplace. The Riverside County water agency has received AHA’s 2018 Gold Level “Workplace Achievement Index” designation. The AHA Workplace Health Achievement Index is structured to allow …

The Board of Directors for the San Antonino Water Company (SAWC) recently announced the appointment of Brian Lee as the general manager of the mutual water company. Lee is replacing Charles Moorrees who has served as the agency’s general manager since 2005. Moorrees is retiring after 19 years with SAWC; …

A leading innovator in water purification technologies, Encinitas-based CycloPure, Inc., has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant in the amount of $725,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF). CycloPure, the developer of DEXSORB filtration products, will use the grant funds to adapt its DEXSORP-MP adsorbent …

With a focus on the rapidly approaching Nov. 1, 2018 public safety construction milestone deadline, all eyes – and continuing work – on the Oroville Spillways construction is targeted for the complete placement of all concrete on the main spillway. Although the main spillway’s complete placement of all concrete is …

The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board is providing free water quality testing for residents that get their drinking water from domestic wells. Previous testing suggests the likelihood of widespread groundwater contamination problems that warrants periodic testing of the estimated 44,000 domestic wells throughout the region. Of the 1,627 …