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Six nonprofit agency programs will share in $364,000 in 2019 grants from The San Diego Foundation (TSDF) to increase equity and strengthen regional resilience as it relates to diminishing water supplies due to the impacts of climate change. Since 2015, The San Diego Foundation Climate Initiative has partnered with the …

The Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District (USGVMWD) has returned home from the WaterSmart Innovations Conference in Las Vegas with its first WaterSense Partner of the Year Award for its water waste promotional efforts in 2018. The Monrovia-based water district received one of 25 WaterSense awards for its efforts …

The Water Environment Federation’s (WEF) 92nd annual technical exhibition and conference (TEC), held Sept. 24 at McCormick Place in Chicago, has honored the Orange County Water District (OCWD) as the Utility of the Future Today (UotFT). This award celebrates the achievements of water utilities that transform from the traditional wastewater …

A grand re-opening ceremony was held late last week in El Segundo to commemorate the re-opening of West Basin Municipal Water District’s (WBMWD) Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility (ECLWRF) Water Education Center. Congresswoman Grace Napolitano (D-32nd District- El Monte) served as the keynote speaker, with over 150 water industry …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) began construction on the Outlet Tower Bridge, a component of the Perris Dam Complex in Riverside County, earlier this week. The bridge work is part of the Outlet Tower Improvements Project, the second of three Perris Dam seismic retrofit projects. “This project is an …

Unlike some of the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) staff the newest recruits never complain about their hours or supervisors, never request vacation time and never question their working conditions or ask for a computer upgrade. However, they do require an immense amount of food (and continually!) and they might …