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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 …

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 …

Fifteen cities and agencies, including the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA), within Southern California’s Chino Basin approved a collaborative Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) this week in support of the Chino Basin Program (CBP). The CBP will provide three primary improvements to water and water storage in the region. The CBP …

The miners of the 1800s California Gold Rush were determined to strike the Mother Lode for riches and fame, and are responsible for introducing mercury to the Sierra Nevada. Mercury was used to process mining ore for gold. That mercury has remained in the Sierra Nevada and led to the …

New requirements adopted by the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) are aimed at strengthening the mandatory food safety practices required on farms to prevent future foodborne illness outbreaks like the one associated with romaine lettuce last year. The new standards approved by the LGMA Board are in direct response …

A project supporting local efforts to address California’s drought by reducing the use of high-quality drinking water formerly used to irrigate Malibu’s public spaces and parks has earned the city the 2019 “Recycled Water Agency of the Year” for its Civic Center Water Treatment Facility (CCWTF) from the California chapter …