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The Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California has launched a new pilot program to provide vital data on the most efficient and cost-effective methods to capture and use rainfall and stormwater runoff. The $5 million pilot program will help fund the construction of new direct-use stormwater capture projects and …

Violations of a stormwater permit that occurred between November 2018 and January 2019 by contractor DLC Rocklin has result in a $153,460 settlement between the company and the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. Although DLC Rocklin had enrolled the Granite Bluff construction Site and project in the statewide …

Assembly Bill 747, by Assemblymember Anna Caballero (D-District 12-Salinas) and approved last September by then Governor Jerry Brown, is the legislation that created a new Administrative Hearings Office within the State Water Resources Control Board. On Thursday, the State Water Resources Control Board announced the appointment of veteran water rights …

After several months of controversy, including an FBI raid and the termination of the agency’s general manager, the Los Angeles (LA) City Council on Friday, Sept. 13 unanimously confirmed Martin L. Adams as the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s (LADWP) new general manager and chief engineer. Adams has …

As the world’s largest advanced water purification system for potable reuse the Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS), a joint project of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) and the Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD), is currently treating some 100,000 acre-feet per year (AFY) of wastewater to create new water supplies to …

Southern California steelhead trout, including the population of the Santa Ynez River, have been federally listed as an endangered species since 1997 and are on the brink of extinction. After nearly 20 years of legal efforts to protect water right holders and address the long-term decline in native fish populations …