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The city of Compton has entered into a settlement agreement for allegedly discharging raw sewage and other pollutants into Compton Creek for approximately three years. The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board) has taken action against Compton for the alleged discharges of untreated sewage to waters …

A recent settlement agreement, along with a $3 million fine against public utility company Southern California Edison (SCE), has been reached by the utility with the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (CVRWQB), along with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), for SCE’s alleged violations of the …

Metropolitan Water District (MWD), the Southland’s largest water supplier, has painted a more optimistic picture of the area’s water status at a press conference held at their downtown Los Angeles office on Monday. Though acknowledging California’s drought is still in existence, especially in Southern California, MWD officials claim increases in …

The good news is that six key reservoirs in Northern California have begun water year (WY) 2017 with 4.9 million acre-feet of water. The bad news is California is still gripped by the drought conditions that have persisted for the past five years and forecasters still don’t have a clear …

Water conservation throughout California dropped some 36 percent in August as compared to the same period last year leaving water officials to question their decision of earlier this year to allow urban water agencies to set their own conservation standards based on a “stress test” of supply reliability. Felicia Marcus, …

The Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) has launched its second year of its high school water education program, “What About Water,” in a partnership with the Orange County Department of Education’s (OCDE) Inside the Outdoors (ITO) and various Orange County water agencies. The program began with 14 participating …