A settlement agreement of $1,954,999 has been reached between the North Coast Regional Water Board (NCRWB) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) regarding alleged water quality violations of stormwater permits associated with construction of the Highway 101, six-mile long Willits Bypass project. The project began in February 2013. The …
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Two public meetings for the community are scheduled in the next four weeks, hosted by West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD), to learn more about and to comment on a draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) regarding a potential ocean water desalination facility in El Segundo, Calif. The Carson-based WVMWD is …
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The board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted on Tuesday and has now authorized the funding of $10.8 billion for the full construction of the California WaterFix project. The full project – estimated to cost $16.7 billion in total – will include building three new …
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is reporting that the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) recently approved $33.1 million in grants for 22 projects to enhance stream flows to benefit fish and wildlife habitat throughout the state. As authorized by the Water Quality, Supply and Infrastructure Improvement Act of …
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Being hailed as a “major milestone” the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) have released their joint environmental report for California American Water’s proposed seawater desalination project. The project is one of three major components of the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project aimed …
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Dr. Will Dichtel, co-founder and chief science officer at CycloPure, Inc. has been awarded a 2018 Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Encinitas-based CycloPure, founded in 2016, is a materials science and technology company and developer of next-generation selective adsorbents called High-Affinity Cyclodextrin Polymers (HACPs) and working to …
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