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Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it had completed its review of a Trump-era decision to not regulate perchlorate in drinking water. The agency concluded that the 2020 decision is supported by the best available peer reviewed science. In June 2020, EPA announced it had determined …
Read More »Westlands Water District opens scholarship application period
Applications for scholarships from the Westlands Water District are now being accepted from high school seniors. Westlands’ Board of Directors approved ten $1,000 scholarships for students who wish to pursue higher education after they graduate. Students can use the money for expenses at accredited post-secondary institutions. “The communities on the …
Read More »Western awards more than $7,000 to local classrooms for water education
Western Municipal Water District (Western) has announced the recipients of this year’s Lois B. Krieger Water Project Grants for Educators program. The well-known program has attracted teachers from Riverside County for more than 20 years. Projects submitted came from K-12 teachers on various topics, with more than $7,000 awarded. As …
Read More »Reclamation provides funding for B.F. Sisk Dam modification
The Department of the Interior announced last week that the Bureau of Reclamation is providing project-specific funding of $100 million for the modification of B.F. Sisk Dam in California. The funding, authorized by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, was highlighted in an addendum to the Bureau’s initial spend plan for …
Read More »State proposes new standard for hexavalent chromium in drinking water
The State Water Resources Control Board has proposed a maximum contaminant level (MCL) for hexavalent chromium that prioritizes protecting public health while considering the varying abilities of the state’s 7,000 public water systems, large and small, to invest in water treatment technologies to meet the new standard. The proposal is …
Read More »California Water Commission increases potential funding for storage projects
The California Water Commission has increased the potential funding amounts for the seven projects in the Water Storage Investment Program (WSIP). Proposition 1, approved by California voters in 2014, directed the Commission to create a competitive process for funding water storage projects based on their public benefits. The projects were evaluated and …
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