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Orange County Superior Court Judge Robert J. Moss denied a suit by Yorba Linda (Orange County, CA) residents opposed to a $25 monthly water-rate increase levied on them by their local water district. The Yorba Linda Water District (YLWD) has said that without the increase the district would have faced …

Thanks to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) will be able to begin a study to determine whether drought and adverse weather conditions cause health problems, and whether water policy effects the link between extreme temperatures and health. The Foundation’s Evidence for Action …

East Valley Water District customers would pay up to $750 annually  Though East Valley Water District’s (EVWD) plan to build a water recycling plant was unanimously approved by the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District’s (SBVMWD) Board of Directors in March, the proposed Sterling Natural Resources Center is now estimated …

The Bureau of Reclamation’s Safety of Dams Program will be raising Stampede Dam and dike structures by 11.5 feet to resolve dam safety concerns in the event of large flood events. Completed in 1970, Stampede Dam is an earth-filled embankment dam approximately 11 miles northeast of Truckee in Sierra County. …

The California State Water Resources Control Board announced Thursday it has made a total of $9.5 million in grant funding available to 28 storm water planning projects throughout the state. These grants will aid public agencies and their partners in creating either a watershed-wide Storm Water Resource Plan or develop …

The statewide water conservation program – Save Our Water – has recently launched its summer public education campaign “Water Conservation: It’s For Life” as part of Gov. Jerry Brown May Executive Order and what he referred to as the “California Lifestyle.” As part of the summer campaign launch, Save Our …