The Inland Empire Utilities Agency’s (IEUA/Agency) Board of Directors unanimously voted to defer the scheduled Wastewater Equivalent Dwelling Unit (EDU) rate adjustment for 12 months. An EDU is defined as a standard unit of water or wastewater demand equal to one single family residence. On November 20, 2019, the Board …
Read More »Natural Resources Agency Announces Awards for the Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Grant Program
The California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) in coordination with the California Transportation Commission today announced $6.3 million in funding for 11 projects under CNRA’s Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation (EEM) grant program. EEM provides grants to local, state and federal governmental agencies as well as nonprofit organizations for projects that mitigate …
Read More »Water Authority Distributes Protective Masks to Regional Water Agencies
Last week the San Diego County Water Authority started distributing 25,000 cloth facemasks to water and wastewater agency employees in six Southern California counties as part of the national effort to ensure essential workers have enough protective gear during the COVID-19 pandemic. The masks are available to public and private …
Read More »State Water Board Adopts Regulations for Lab Accreditation Program
The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has adopted comprehensive regulations to modernize the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP), which oversees more than 650 laboratories that regulate testing of drinking water, wastewater discharges and hazardous waste cleanup sites throughout California. The new regulations require accredited laboratories to implement a nationally …
Read More »$5 million Allocated for lead testing in California Child Care Centers
The State Water Resources Control Board announced this week that agreement to provide approximately $5 million in grant funds for testing and remediation of lead in drinking water at licensed Child Care Centers has been executed. Assembly Bill 2370 which was passed in 2018 required all licensed child care centers …
Read More »CVWD receives $3.3 million in grants to improve water systems in the Eastern Coachella Valley
Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) will use two construction grants totaling about $3.3 million to fund three projects that will bring safe, reliable domestic water and fire protection to two Disadvantaged Communities and one elementary school in the Eastern Coachella Valley. The water system consolidation grants were awarded April 29 …
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