A groundwater management agreement has recently been signed by nine Inland Empire water agencies and area cities who will now collaboratively participate in a new Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) I order to guarantee a dependable and resilient water system in the Yucaipa Basin. The nine water providers straddle the San …
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The Riverside City Council approved a long-term water agreement between Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) and Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) last week for the benefit of customers of both water providers. The City of Riverside, has a surplus amount to the projected yearly water demand of their customers’ needs for …
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The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (CCRWQB) has expressed its support for and joined with the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB) Office of Enforcement and the Salinas Basin Agricultural Stewardship Group in a recent agreement to soon provide safe drinking water to disadvantaged communities in the Salinas …
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A 2014, $7.5 billion water bond, overwhelmingly supported by California’s voters, is now making $86.3 million available for Groundwater Sustainability Plans and Projects. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced the release of 2017 Draft Proposal Solicitation Package for Groundwater Sustainability Plans and Projects earlier this week which is intended …
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On the heels of Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget calling for additional water conservation plans, Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia (D-56th District-Coachella) chair of Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife, has mobilized a bipartisan working group to address water conservation policy and proposed legislation throughout California. Members of the working …
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Steve Elie, Inland Empire Utilities Agency’s (IEUA) board president, is the inaugural recipient of the WaterNow Alliance Impact Award recognizing his leadership in the negotiations of a non-litigated resolution of a longstanding groundwater contamination in the city of Ontario, in southwestern San Bernardino County. A cleanup order had originally been …
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