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Allison Febbo has been appointed General Manager for the Mojave Water Agency, to replace Kathy Cortner, who has transitioned to a role focused on special projects until her retirement in early 2022. Assistant General Manager since January 2021, Febbo has an extensive background spanning 23 years in water resources, hydrology …

The Sacramento Area Sewer District (SASD) will pay $630,283 to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board for spilling nearly 1 million gallons of raw sewage over the past five years. The largest spill, during a holiday weekend in early 2021, accounted for nearly half of the overall total …

The San Diego County Water Authority has earned Climate Registered gold status from The Climate Registry for verifying and publicly reporting its greenhouse gas emissions. The effort fosters transparency for the agency’s climate mitigation initiatives and will help the Water Authority track and validate emissions reductions in the future. The Climate Registry …

Four local companies reached settlements with the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board for unauthorized discharges or failure to implement measures to eliminate or reduce pollutants at their construction sites. Of the four, GLC El Monte LLC agreed to pay the largest fine – $208,468 for unlawfully discharging sediment-laden …

A new ion exchange treatment plant, touted as the nation’s largest, began treating water to remove per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from local well water last week. The PFAS Treatment plant is operated by the Orange County Water District (OCWD) and the Yorba Linda Water District (YLWD) and is located at …

West Valley Water District (WVWD) Board of Directors have re-elected Channing Hawkins as board president to continue the organization’s strong track record in providing greater accountability, transparency and progress for the ratepayers, employees and region. “I think there’s a lot more we can do as a team and organization and …