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Four students in Western Municipal Water District’s (WMWD) service territory have had their artwork selected to be featured in Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California’s 2018 annual “Water is Life” Art Contest calendar. The four children’s artwork was selected from among hundreds of submissions from throughout Southern California. The …

Judge William Q. Hayes of the United States District Court, Southern District of California, ruled earlier this week in favor of the city of San Diego and thereby defeating Monsanto Company’s motion to dismiss the city’s lawsuit alleging Monsanto’s polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination of the city’s stormwater system. Monsanto — …

Approximately 28 of the 830 miles of pipeline within Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California’s system are scheduled for relining in the coming months. The water district has scheduled a community meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 5 from 6 to 7 p.m. to provide information on key dates, construction plans …

In support of projects that examine new and better ways of managing forests and watershed lands to help prevent wildfires, Pacific Gas and Electric Company has announced grants to two nonprofit organizations in northern California. Better Together Resilient Communities grants of $100,000 each have been awarded to Ag Innovations, based …

The California State Water Resources Control Board has been sued by a coalition of river defenders for the state’s alleged failure to meet key Clean Water Act and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements. Combined, the two acts are meant to protect the ecological well-being of the state’s waterways. Three …

A plea by two desert water agencies for the United States Supreme Court to hear an appeal regarding an earlier decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding a lawsuit by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians has been denied. The two water agencies – Desert Water Agency …