As part of the 15-year Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program, the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) will be awarding up to $100,000 in grants for testing new and innovative water conservation programs and technologies. The program was approved by voters in 2012. SCVWD anticipates distributing upwards …
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Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) announced last week that they have become the first public agency in California to receive accreditation from the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Council’s (NELAC) and The NELAC Institute (TNI) by meeting TNI’s national standards. OCSD has always been accredited by the state of California but last week’s national accreditation …
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A Shasta County property owner has been assessed a $143,640 penalty by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (CVRWQB) for illegally developing his property for cannabis cultivation. Lawrence Gasper’s activities resulted in unlawful sediment discharge upstream of Little Cow Creek in the Bella Vista area northeast of Redding. …
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As part of its commitment to certifying 20 bottling sites worldwide as sustainability leaders by 2020, Nestlé Waters’ North America announced this week that its Livermore and Sacramento factories have received certification for meeting the rigorous Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Standard. The two facilities are the second and third …
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) recently completed the rehabilitation of its Grand View Regulator Station as part of its five-year $2.4 billion Water Infrastructure Plan. The plan seeks to replace or upgrade numerous elements of the department’s water infrastructure including in-city reservoirs and water tanks, large …
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Laguna Niguel-based Moulton Niguel Water District (MNWD) is partnering with University of California Davis’ Center for Water and Energy Efficiency (CWEE) to investigate news ways to save money and reduce energy consumption while continuing to meet the water needs of its 170,000 customers. The three-and-a-half-year project will allow MNWD’s staff …
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