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Eastern receives award for recycled water retrofit project

Eastern Municipal Water District wins community service award

Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) has been honored by the national WateReuse Association with its Award for Excellence for its innovative recycled water retrofit and landscape transformation at The Lakes at Hemet West community. For The Lakes at Hemet West retrofit, park management had sought to bring recycled water to …

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Gallo Winery agrees to pay penalty for wastewater discharge

Gallo Winery agrees to pay penalty for wastewater discharge

E. & J. Gallo Winery has agreed to pay a penalty of $378,668 in connection with an Aug. 9, 2021, discharge into the Merced River of more than 90,000 gallons of wastewater mixed with irrigation well water from the company’s Livingston winemaking facility. The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control …

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Three join Metropolitan Water District board of directors

Fortune appointed to Westlands Water District Board

Three new directors representing the Municipal Water District of Orange County and Central Basin and West Basin municipal water districts have joined the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Longtime Orange County water professional Karl W. Seckel succeeds Sat Tamaribuchi on Metropolitan’s 38-member board. Communications …

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Students win big at High Desert Water Summit

Students win big at High Desert Water Summit

The Mojave Water Agency recently made a splash in the minds of middle and high school students at its annual Innovators High Desert Water Summit. The event was the culmination of two scholarship competitions that offered $3,000 in each winning category. The event also included water industry speakers, breakout sessions …

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