Summertime for managers of California’s lakes and reservoirs means an awareness of and testing for cyanobacteria, also known of as harmful blue-green algae. Case in point is the most recent warning by the Kern County Public Health Services Department cautioning those visiting Lake Isabella to use caution to avoid recently …
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The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has announced that approximately $48.3 million in funding is now available for the Riverine Stewardship Program. Final Guidelines and the Proposal Solicitation Package (PSP) for the Riverine Stewardship Program were released on July 1. The Riverine grant program supports the planning and implementation of …
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The Twin Oaks Valley Water Treatment Plant (TOVWTP), operated by the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA), experienced a malfunction for some 15 hours on April 21-22. Ozone dosage levels in the plant fell below state-mandated levels when a valve failed to fully open. The state Division of Drinking Water …
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Five projects focused on improving watershed and forest health throughout the Sierra Nevada will share in the $3,122,551 recently awarded by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) Governing Board. Four of the projects are specifically forest health grants funded through Proposition 1 (The Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of …
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Judge George H. Wu of the Los Angeles Central District Federal Court recently issued a ruling in two consolidated cases brought against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) related to co-location of infrastructure in existing railroad rights-of-way, including the Cadiz Water …
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Beginning in 2005, the Irrigation Association® has celebrated the month of July as Smart Irrigation Month to promote the social, economic and environmental benefits of efficient irrigation technologies, products and services in landscape, turf and agricultural irrigation. Chino-based Inland Empire Utility Agency (IEUA) is joining in the celebration for the …
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