A global real estate investment company on Friday agreed to a $565,304 settlement with the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board for releasing contaminated water at a commercial construction site in Riverside in violation of its stormwater discharge permit. On three occasions in April 2020, Exeter Property Group and …
Read More »Desal Plant Operations Continue as State Starts to Install Barriers at Lagoon
Poseidon Water and the San Diego County Water Authority issued the following joint statement in response to emergency response efforts following the recent oil spill off the coast of Orange County. No oil has been detected by the plant’s monitoring system. “The San Diego County Water Authority and Poseidon Water …
Read More »Water Board adopts guidelines for $1 billion water debt relief program
Relief is on the way. Or so we believe. On September 21, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted guidelines that will determine how the agency will administer the $1 billion financial relief program for community water systems’ unpaid water bill debt from customers who were unable to pay their …
Read More »Reclamation launches prize competition to improve sediment modeling in river systems
The Bureau of Reclamation has launched a new prize competition to improve the model currently used to calculate the sediment transport rate in a river system. Reclamation is specifically looking for solutions to improve the execution speed of models that simulate river hydraulics, sediment erosion, transport, and deposition. Up to $300,000 is available …
Read More »Quintero named General Manager of Sweetwater Authority
Carlos Quintero was appointed as General Manager of Sweetwater Authority (Authority)by the Governing Board at its September 8 meeting. “After a highly-competitive recruitment process, the Governing Board is excited to have Carlos Quintero joining the Authority as General Manager. His extensive experience in the water industry will serve him well …
Read More »Annual Fall Conference hosted by AWWA to proceed virtually October 18-21
The California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association (CA-NV AWWA) will host their Annual Fall Conference virtually October 18-21, 2021. The four-day event will include an opening general session, awards luncheon and will provide training classes for professional contact hours. The event reaches skilled distribution operators, treatment operators, engineers, …
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