The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board (Water Board) has issued a tentative cleanup order and complaint, with a penalty of $4.6 million, to John D. Sweeney and Point Buckler Club, LLC, for unauthorized work and harm to tidal wetlands in Suisun Marsh. The cleanup order includes requirements to restore …
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Five new solar generation systems have been completed by the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) at their regional water reclamation facilities in Perris, Moreno Valley, Temecula, San Jacinto and Sun City. These systems will assist in providing the needed energy for the reclamation process. “Our investments in solar power are …
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Bill includes $100 for Bureau of Reclamation’s Western Drought Response program The U.S. Senate passed the fiscal year 2017 Energy and Water Development appropriations bill late last week with funds specifically earmarked for drought plagued California. Senators from both sides of the aisle cited it as a model of the …
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The 2015 San Diego Coastkeeper report, released last week, has found unusually low water quality for the second year in a row in San Diego County. The report indicates that the continuing California drought may be worsening inland water quality while runoff pollution remains a serious problem. The organization’s data …
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $749,631 to the University of California Riverside (UCR) to study the human and ecological health impacts of water reuse, specifically wastewater, and conservation practices. Two university researchers will use the funds to measure levels of contaminants in vegetables irrigated with treated wastewater. …
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As outlined in the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) enacted by Governor Jerry Brown in 2014, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released proposed regulations to help guide local groundwater sustainability agency management and regulation of California’s groundwater basins. DWR posted the proposed Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) on its …
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