California Water Service Group (Cal Water) recently announced the award of $80,000 in scholarships to 12 students living in its California, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Washington service areas for the 2021-2022 academic year. Cal Water had more than 300 applicants for their 8th annual college scholarship program. The winners were …
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Experienced water advocate Brenda Dennstedt has been appointed to the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to represent the Western Municipal Water District, which serves both wholesale and retail customers in western Riverside County. Dennstedt fills the vacancy left by former Western director Don Galleano, …
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The city of Laguna Beach has agreed to pay a $1.5 million penalty for a wastewater collection system failure that spilled 1.7 million gallons of raw sewage into Aliso Creek and the Pacific Ocean shoreline in 2019, contaminating protected marine habitat and recreational waters. In a settlement approved today by …
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EPA’s Pacific Southwest Region recently announced the approval of a quick turn-around, DNA-based method to evaluate bacteria in San Diego County beach water. This method was developed for beach use by the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project and implemented in collaboration with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). …
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The board of directors for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted this week to approve a contract with Adel Hagekhalil, making him the 14th general manager in the district’s 93-year history. Hagekhalil replaces long-time General Manager Jeffrey Kightlinger, who led Metropolitan since 2006 and maintained Metropolitan as a …
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Cal Water and Yuba-Sutter Economic Development Corporation have partnered to provide one-time “hardship” grants to offset a portion of customers’ past due water bills. “We expect the shutoff moratorium due to non-payments to end soon, and we are concerned that customers faced with past-due balances may become overwhelmed,” said Cal …
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