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A joint remediation investigation and feasibility study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Orange County Water District will address an area of groundwater contamination in an area, known as the “North Basin” which is several miles long and over a mile wide. The North Basin is located …

Seeking to develop innovative gadgets and concepts for water conservation, students and faculty at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) have undertaken a variety of projects for potential use as Californians cope with five years of unrelenting drought. According to the university’s quarterly publication, Panorama – for alumni …

Progress continues to be made in the state’s effort to connect East Porterville residents to a new sustainable water source after hundreds of homeowner’s wells went dry during California’s five-year drought. The state’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) are jointly leading the …

The Montclair-based Chino Basin Water Conservation District (CBWCD) has announced the state’s first Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper (QWEL) training for high school students in a new partnership with the Chaffey Joint Union High School District (CJUHSD). The CJUHSD is comprised of 10 high schools in three cities. The QWEL program …

A new water year began in California last Saturday on the heels of the state’s fifth consecutive year of drought conditions. The most recent year was marked by “meager precipitation that fell more often as rain than snow” according to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and its recently …

The State Water Resources Control Board is now reporting the identification of a toxic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) bloom in Grantline Canal and Old River surrounding Fabian Tract in San Joaquin County, near both Tracy and Mountain Horse. Ongoing monitoring has discovered an extensive cyanobacteria bloom of Microcystis occurring in the …