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Morro Bay’s aging wastewater treatment plant, built in 1953, is located near the beach and the city’s high school – and is now failing to meet Clean Water Act standards. But a recent unanimous vote by the California Coastal Commission (CCC), sans two absent commission members, has approved a new …

Legislation authored by Sen. Richard Roth (D-31st District-Riverside) and signed last week by California Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to require additional review of the Cadiz Water Project by various state agencies effective Jan. 1, 2020. Adding a new section to the State’s water code known as the “wheeling” statutes, …

The State Water Resources Control Board announced on Friday that Rhys Vineyards, LLC, has agreed to pay $3.7 million in penalties for committing multiple violations of the federal Clean Water Act following a civil liability settlement. A multiagency inspection team had discovered a series of illegal activities on a 20-acre …

Low-income residents in the Nevada Irrigation District (NID) will now have help in paying their monthly water bills, ensuring them access to healthy, clean and affordable water service thanks to a new program. The NID five-member board directed staff to develop a water-rate subsidy program for low-income residents after NID …

The Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) announced last week that the agency was recently recognized by the Partnership for Clean Water (PCW) with a Directors Award for its report on the district’s largest wastewater treatment plant. CVWD is the first plant in California to achieve this status with the 2019 …

Legislation by Assembly Member Cristina Garcia (D-58th District-Downey) which sought to ensure that Central Basin Municipal Water District (CBMWD) maintained its two seats on the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California Board of Directors (BOD) was recently signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom. AB 1220 sought to ensure that …