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Unusual rain and snow in California have been both a blessing and a curse depending on where you’re located and other circumstances. But for those people and businesses dependent on spring run-off from Northern California for their livelihood and personal lives, the recent update from the Bureau of Reclamation regarding …

The University of California, Davis’ California Center for Urban Horticulture (CCUH) recently received an undisclosed donation from TreeTown USA to help develop water-conserving landscapes under its SmartLandscape Initiative. TreeTown USA is a privately-owned business headquartered in Houston with 18 growing facilities totaling over 6,000 production acres across Texas, Florida, Oregon, …

Thanks to a $5 million grant from the State Water Resources Control Board and a $9.3 million loan at zero interest from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund the Arvin Community Services District (ACSD) broke ground late last week on a $14.3 million project to resolve arsenic contamination problems in …

San Fernando Vice Mayor Sylvia Ballin has returned to Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California’s Board of Directors effective earlier this month. Ballin had previously served on the MWD from September 2007 to November 2018. Yazdan T. Emrani had replaced Ballin on the MWD board last November. Ballin is …

Residents and businesses that endured extreme winter storms that pummeled Northern California counties in February received potentially good news late last week when President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of California. He ordered Federal assistance to supplement state and local recovery efforts in …

ACWA’s (the Association of California Water Agencies) 2019 Spring Conference and Exhibition in Monterey featured networking, education and the awarding of scholarships to five undergraduate students enrolled at California public universities who are pursuing degrees in water-related fields of study. More than 1,500 local officials and water professionals were on-hand …