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More than 200 elementary school students recently joined with officials from Val Verde Unified School District, Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to celebrate the dedication of a new water-wise garden at Columbia Elementary School.  Reclamation provided significant grant funding toward a larger federal umbrella …

The multi-year concern over California’s unrelenting drought has clearly turned a corner thanks to plentiful precipitation in virtually all areas of the state. However, concern now focuses on the anticipated massive water runoff resulting in this year’s near record snowpack in the Eastern Sierra. The Los Angeles Department of Water …

Redwood City-based Namu Earth has announced a new ecopedal to help prevent the spread of germs and bacteria in home-based water faucets. Additionally, the ecopedal is a water-savings device when utilizing the new products features. Similar to a hospital-type device, the Namu Earth ecopedal allows users to bypass faucet handles …

After 17 years at the helm of the Mojave Water Agency (MWA) General Manager Kirby Brill is set to retire on July 21. The MWA Board of Directors announced earlier this week they have selected Tom McCarthy, currently the Acting Engineering Manager/Chief Engineer and Water Resources Planning Manager for Anaheim …

Modern Stairways, Inc. of Spring Valley — approximately 12 miles east of San Diego – was assessed a $94,078 penalty by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (SDRWQCB) Executive Office earlier this week for long-standing water quality violations related to industrial activities. The company has been in violation …

The State Water Resource Control Board is asking for the public’s assistance in the documentation and detection of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB). Water Boards across the state have collaborated to launch BloomWatch App at http://cyanos.org/bloomwatch/ allowing people who observe what they think is a HAB to document the site by …