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Civil Engineer Steven Moore has been unanimously reconfirmed as a member of the State Water Resources Control Board by the California State Senate after the June recommendation by the Senate Rules Committee. He was first appointed May 10, 2012, to the State Water Board, and was re-confirmed on Aug. 1. …

Blue-Green algae is blooming throughout California. Authorities are warning both residents and visitors, including swimmers, boaters and recreational users to avoid direct contact with, or use of, waters containing potentially harmful blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) and to avoid swallowing or inhaling water spray in an algae bloom area. Exposure to blue-green …

A new irrigation efficiency program and an awareness program has been developed by the city of Redlands (San Bernardino County) in lieu of $61,000 fine by State Water Resources Control Board.  The city had been assessed the financial fine in the fall of 2015 for alleged failure to achieve its …

The Save Our Water partnership between the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) have launched a new summer conservation messaging campaign – Don’t Waste Summer. The new messaging campaign seeks to encourage businesses, government agencies and California residents to take steps to …

The State Water Resources Control Board released June’s water conservation data on Tuesday, the first month without mandatory conservation targets across the state. The June 2016 savings fell to a 21.5 percent savings as opposed to the 27.5 percent savings from the same period in 2015. Although new regulations took …

Region 1 of the Association of California Water Agencies is recruiting candidates to submit applications to fill a vacancy on its board for the 2016-17 term. Region 1 includes the counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, Trinity, and Siskiyou Counties. Region 1 board members determine the …