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Cuyamaca College’s Center for Water Studies will host a symposium on January 18, 2018 on “Women in Water: Exploring Career Pathways” to encourage the pursuit of water industry careers for women. This inaugural event, will present information on how women can learn how to train for jobs and build a …

Former Chief of Staff to Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) Joe Balash was recently confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management. In his new role Balash will head the Department of the Interior’s management of all federal lands and waters, …

The effects of California’s prolonged drought continue to be felt and seen throughout the state. The state and local water agencies continue to promote water conservation, dead vegetation can still be found in residential and commercial properties and, now, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that an …

The State Water Resources Control Board, in conjunction with the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, recently approved the funding of 11 projects in the North Coast region including more than $15 million for the consolidation of three wastewater collection and treatment systems in the Trinity County community of …

A historic water conservation-and-transfer agreement between San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) and the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) has been realigned for an additional decade in order to ensure deliveries of needed water for an additional decade. The SDCWA board of directors voted unanimously to extend an Exchange Agreement with …

The gavel has been passed following the election of Yuba County Water Agency Chairman Brent Hastey as the new president of the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA). Hastey succeeds outgoing ACWA President Kathleen Tiegs and will serve a two-year term in his new role. Tiegs is a board member …