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In a last ditch effort to again delay the Cadiz Water Project in California’s Mojave Desert, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and Tetra Technology Inc. (Tetra), a Texas-based oil and gas conglomerate, have two appeals to be heard by the 4th District Court this Wednesday (March 23) in Santa Ana, CA. Following …

Bottoms Up! We’re all familiar with the current focus and tactics for conserving water — restrictions on lawn watering, prohibitions for hosing down your driveway, and making it illegal for restaurants to refill your water glass unless you specifically ask. But what about craft beer made with recycled waste water …

Department of Defense officials have reportedly identified 664 sites nationwide –85 of which are in California including March Air Reserve Base—that are scheduled to be tested to determine if the chemicals perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) are in sediments and groundwater surrounding the military base. Both chemicals were …

East Valley Water District’s proposal to build a water recycling plant–Sterling Natural Resources Center –has passed its initial hurdle this week with a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors for the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (SBVMWD). The project involves the construction of a wastewater treatment facility and …

The most recent rain storms that pelted Northern California were a boon to helping resolving California’s historic four-year drought. Shasta Lake, the largest California reservoir at 21-miles-long, reached 101 percent of its historic average last Sunday as billions of gallons poured in from the weekend’s rain. Three months ago, on …

A group of farmers from the Central and South Delta has thrilled California’s water regulators by voluntarily using more than 32 percent less water compared with 2013. Farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta had set a voluntary goal last year to reduce water diversions by 25 percent. The Delta, …