California’s Gov. Jerry Brown and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown have spearheaded an effort by both states to seek assistance from the federal government for aid in assisting commercial salmon fishers and salmon-dependent businesses in light of the two states’ catastrophic regional fishery disaster and commercial fishery failure this year. The …
Read More »Reclamation seeks application framework development for mobile electronic data collection/capture
Agency making $30,000 available for prize competition The Bureau of Reclamation has announced the first stage of a planned three-stage prize competition for the development of an application framework to support electronic data collection and capture using mobile devices for a diverse range of data collection situations. Reclamation is making …
Read More »Chino Basin Water Conservation District to host symposium on statewide conservation
The Chino Basin Water Conservation District has announced a statewide symposium on conservation slated for Thursday, June 29 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the district’s Water Conservation Center in Montclair. The agenda will include discussions of the next steps for water professionals in ‘Making Water Conservation a Way …
Read More »Public agencies partner to fight spread of invasive mussels over upcoming holiday weekend
Invasive mussels have now infested more than 30 California waterways and four state agencies are working collaboratively to help prevent further spread of both quagga and zebra mussels over the Memorial Day weekend. The California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways (CSPDBW), the California Department of Fish and Wildlife …
Read More »SnowPure Water Technologies presented with U.S. Presidential “E” Award for expansion of exports
San Clemente-based SnowPure Water Technologies, who makes and sells industrial and medical water purification technologies for the $5 billion global ultrapure market, was honored earlier this week with the prestigious U.S. Presidential “E” Award. SnowPure received the award for the increase of its exports from 80% in 2013 to 95% …
Read More »Inland Empire Utilities Agency receives $5.2 million from Reclamation’s WaterSMART Title XVI program
Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) has announced that it will be using a $5.2 million grant from the Bureau of Reclamation to help fund the Chino Desalter Phase 3 Expansion of the Lower Chino Dairy Area Desalination and Reclamation Project. The project will improve the quality of both the groundwater …
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