Riverside County’s Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) has been honored by the nationally-known J.D. Power as ranking the highest in customer satisfaction in the western region in the 2018 Water Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Survey. The western region consists of 12 states. EMWD was one of six agencies recognized across …
Read More »LADWP Earns Four Awards at Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science™ Competition
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has earned four new awards including the top national prize from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES) at their annual Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science™ Awards Competition. The coveted Superior Achievement award went to the department’s Water …
Read More »Los Angeles Sanitation earns two Awards for Leadership and Excellence
Los Angeles (LA) Sanitation was recently honored with two awards, one from an international agency and the other from a national association. Both awards acknowledged the city’s One Water LA Plan of increased public awareness of water challenges especially after California’s historic five-year drought. The international award from the Leading …
Read More »Lake Oroville Thermalito Diversion Pool open for Memorial Day; Free Summer Weekends Announced
While construction and repairs continue on the Oroville Dam, summer recreation activities are opening for some portions of the Oroville State Recreation Area (SRA). The California State Parks and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) have announced the Thermalito Diversion Pool and the trails along its northern shore at …
Read More »Yuba County Water Agency invests $1.5 million in pilot project in Yuba watershed forest management
A pilot project of the Forest Resilience Bond with Blue Forest Conservation and the World Resources Institute to help protect 15,000 acres within the north Yuba watershed recently received the endorsement of the Yuba County Water Agency (YCWA) and a $1.5 million cost-share contribution to help fund the planned restoration …
Read More »EPA’s Scott Pruitt announces Four-Step Plan for maximum containment of PFAS
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has announced concrete steps the EPA intends to take to cleanup per-and-polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The announcement was made at the two-day National Leadership Summit which included representatives from over 40 states, tribes, and territories; associations; industry groups; and non-governmental organizations as well …
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