The Environment & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) recently honored Mike Markus, general manager of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) with the Pioneers in Groundwater Award. Only one such award is given each year by EWRI. The award seeks to recognize and honor an individual with pioneering contributions in the …
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In partnership and cooperation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Navy Facilities Engineering Command, the Bureau of Reclamation has initiated a competition seeking concepts to protect large, hydraulic structures from corrosion in water environments including hydroelectric penstock pipes and gates …
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Despite the end of the state’s five-plus year drought throughout the vast majority of the state, Californians are continuing to show that they’ve learned water conservation — even if we had to learn it the hard way. The State Water Resources Control Board released their statewide conservation for April 2017 …
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The recently released, science-based Sacramento Valley Salmon Resiliency Strategy is aiming to address the near-and-long-term needs of the Sacramento River’s sea-going fish, primarily the endangered winter-run Chinook salmon, the threatened Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon and the threatened Central Valley steelhead. The University of California Davis Center for Watershed Sciences …
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Water overflowing from a pond at a nearby business in the Inland Empire’s Palm Desert has caused two sewer pipes and an irrigation pipe to break. The overflowing water caused an earthen area to erode and created a gaping hole approximately 25-feet deep and 50-feet wide. Coachella Valley Water District …
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The Southern California Water Committee has announced a new workshop showcasing tools, techniques, technology and programs that demonstrate how to provide the most cost effective water efficiency and conservation programs available. The workshop will be held Tuesday, June 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the SoCal Gas Energy …
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