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Seven Water Quality Improvement Plans in San Diego County have been formally accepted by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board (San Diego Water Board). The Water Quality Improvement Plans are mandated under the Regional Municipal Separate Storm Water Sewer System Permit (Regional MS4 Permit), which regulates storm water discharges …

Funds to be Used for Launching Groundwater Plans The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has announced that Proposition 1 grants have been awarded to 21 counties for a total of $6.7 million.  Proposition 1 – the Sustainable Groundwater Planning Grant Program (SGPGP) – was enacted by Gov. Jerry Brown …

Tuesday’s White House Water Summit was the venue for announcing corporate promises to help support water research and development, hastened in part by the drought in the Western states as well as the Flint, Michigan lead-poisoned water scandal. San Francisco-based Ultra Capital will invest $1.5 billion in decentralized “water management …

Flood Control Safety Mandates in Effect With El Nino making a significant showing in Northern California so far this calendar year, the state’s two largest reservoirs have begun releasing water to maintain flood-control safety. The most current data on Lake Oroville and Lake Shasta reservoirs are shown to be at levels unseen …

Research Project Leverages Israeli R&D  Conaway Ranch in Woodland, California will become the first sustainable farming initiative to utilize Israeli pioneering research and innovation in water technology. The Yolo County farm is owned by the family of Angelo K. Tsakopoulos and encompasses 17,000 acres. The project was announced at the …

An international observance to learn more about water March 22 was the observance of World Water Day and was a day to celebrate water. In 1993, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly designated March 22 as the first World Water Day. It is an international observance and an opportunity to …