The board of directors for the Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) recently approved plans to improve the San Ramon Valley Recycled Water Program’s treatment plant to treat more water to meet rising demand for irrigation water. The proposed improvements will increase the plant’s maximum production capacity by 70 percent, …
Read More »Newhall County Water District and Castaic Lake Water Agency merge to form one new district
Santa Clarita Valley’s oldest water retailer and its water wholesaler have voted to merge and create one new water agency to managed all aspects of water in the Santa Clarita Valley. In separate votes by the Newhall County Water District (NCWD) and Castaic Lake Water Agency (CLWA) all but one …
Read More »Water Facilities Authority announces planned concrete channel rehabilitation and reservoir repairs
The Water Facilities Authority, comprised of Monte Vista Water District and the cities of Chino, Chino Hills, Ontario and Upland, has initiated an extended shutdown for mid-December through approximately March 31 of next year. The shutdown will allow the Authority to perform necessary and extensive treatment plant repairs and upgrades, …
Read More »White House, California agencies announce Water Data Challenge winners
FlowWest’s Sustainable Floodplain Habitat Finder application has emerged as the winner of the 2016 White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and State of California Water Data Challenge. Three California State agencies – the Natural Resources Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Government Operations Agency – joined with the …
Read More »Eradication of northern pike in Lake Davis completed normal lake levels to return
Residents in Plumas County will soon see Lake Davis and its reservoir returning to normal operations after more than two decades of efforts to eradicate invasive northern pike. The state Department of Water Resources (DWR) lowered Lake Davis in the 1990s to prevent water from spilling into downstream waterways thereby …
Read More »Illegal discharges in Suisan Marsh lead to $2.8 million Administrative Civil Liabilities fine
John D. Sweeney and Point Buckler Club LLC are facing an Administrative Civil Liabilities fine of $2,828,000, imposed by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, for failing to obtain a water quality certification for discharging fill material into Suisan Marsh. The unauthorized discharging and other unpermitted activities …
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