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A major flood in 1997 became the impetus for Yuba County Water Agency (YCWA) to identify future projects to reduce the region’s flood risk. The early January 1997 flood resulted in levee failure on the east bank of the Feather River some six miles south of Olivehurst. The affected communities …

Riverside County’s Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) has been honored by the nationally-known J.D. Power as ranking the highest in customer satisfaction in the western region in the 2018 Water Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Survey. The western region consists of 12 states. EMWD was one of six agencies recognized across …

A total of $570,000 has been awarded to a dozen recipients—ranging from private businesses, public agencies and universities— for water saving projects by the Innovative Conservation Program (ICP) and six agencies. The agencies and grant funding source are a partnership between the Bureau of Reclamation, the Metropolitan Water District of …

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has earned four new awards including the top national prize from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES) at their annual Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science™ Awards Competition. The coveted Superior Achievement award went to the department’s Water …

District investing millions in infrastructure projects to make it happen Western provides nearly 29 billion gallons of water each year to customers in western Riverside County. Many may not realize that most of that water is imported from Northern California and the Colorado River. Because it must travel so far, …

San Diego Superior Court Judge Joan M. Lewis recently ruled to uphold a $595,367 fine by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board in a lawsuit against housing developer San Altos-Lemon Grove, LLC. The developer had sought to have the fine overturned in spite of numerous water quality violations …