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Representatives of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and its new Groundwater Re-use Project were lauded last Thursday during a celebration of the new water reuse system. The system is projected to save up to 29 million gallons of drinking water annually – the equivalent of supplying water for 267 homes. On-hand for …

Earlier this month the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) celebrated the graduation class of 15 interns enrolled in the agency’s Sewer System Improvement Program (SSIP) Cityworks initiative. The six-week endeavor is a paid internship program that provides youth from San Francisco’s Southeast neighborhoods with work-based learning and mentorship opportunities. …

Intent on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agricultural operations, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) began accepting grant applications last week from organizations that can provide technical assistance to applicants for the state’s Climate Smart Agriculture programs. CDFA will award grant funds to selected organizations starting at …

Three California utilities have signed contracts LG Chem of Seoul, south Korea for Brackish Water (BW) Reverse Osmosis (RO) membranes for recycled water expansion, potable reuse facility needs and replacement membranes. LG Chem entered the RO business four years ago and launched the BW RO product line just two years …

A joint conservation program between Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD) and University of California, Irvine is now poised to save more than 80 million gallons of drinking water annually with the renovation of the university’s Central Plant which has been retrofitted for recycled water to be used for cooling campus …

Water reliability for an unannexed portion of the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation’s Reservation took a major step forward earlier this week when the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California agreed to water deliveries to 227 acres of developed land on the tribe’s reservation …