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Richard Welsh has been named Principal Deputy Regional Director of the Bureau of Reclamation. Reclamation is the largest wholesale water supplier in the United States, and the nation’s second largest producer of hydroelectric power. Its facilities also provide substantial flood control, recreation, and fish and wildlife benefits. This newly created …

Longtime water veteran Mark Kinsey, general manager at Monte Vista Water District (MVWD), retired as of Dec. 3 having served the Montclair-based agency for 21 years. During his tenure, Kinsey has overseen the significant growth and expansion of district’s water supplies and services. Kinsey was the visionary for the develop …

San Jose Water announced last week that it had filed an application with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to deploy Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) throughout its service area. AMI technology includes advanced meters that can take up to hourly readings daily, along with a data transmission system to provide …

Although the Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) are still several months away from holding public meetings to further inform the public of the dam safety project at B.F. Sisk Dam and San Luis Reservoir, located between Los Banos and Gilroy. DWR operates the Reclamation-owned …

The Inland Empire-based Cucamonga Valley Water District (CVWD) recently began informed its customers of a breach of a website used by CVWD customers for one-time credit card payments. Although the Click2Gov web portal appears on CVWD’s website the portal is actually a third-party site and the server is maintained and …

Steven LaMar, an Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD) Board of Directors member, was elected to a two-year term as president of the statewide Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) last week. He succeeds outgoing ACWA President Brent Hastey, who serves on the Yuba Water Agency (YWA) Board of Directors. Pamela …