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The California Water Association (CWA), announced it has named Jennifer Capitolo as its new Executive Director, effective January 20, 2020. She is replacing Jack Hawks, who has served as the Association’s Executive Director since 2005, and who is retiring. “Jennifer’s expertise and well-respected leadership in California water policy will allow …

The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board issued a $9 million administrative complaint against Baldwin & Sons after completing a multi-year investigation into unauthorized sediment discharges at a luxury home construction site in southern Orange County. The developer is alleged to have violated the Statewide Construction Storm Water Permit …

The University of Arizona recently announced results from a study that studied the annual growth rings of trees to reconstruct a long-term climate history and examine the duration and frequency of “perfect droughts” in Southern California’s main water sources. According to the research, severe droughts happened simultaneously in the regions …

The corporate entity representing the Roman Catholic Bishop of Sacramento has agreed to pay a $56,400 penalty for allowing stormwater to erode soils and discharge sediment into waterways below a retreat being built in Placer County. The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board determined that the developer hired by …

The Bureau of Reclamation issued a Record of Decision Friday for an action that optimizes water supply and reduces pumping impacts through the Mendota Pool Group 20-Year Exchange Program, expected to begin in early 2020. Reclamation and Westlands Water District evaluated alternatives and recommended an action to allow annual exchanges …

Last week state agencies released a draft water resilience portfolio with recommended actions to help California cope with more extreme droughts and floods, rising temperatures, declining fish populations, aging infrastructure and other challenges. The California Natural Resources Agency, California Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Food and Agriculture developed the …