The Spillway Boat Ramp and parking lots are now open to the public on a limited basis the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced last week. The ramp and parking lots will be open Friday through Sunday from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. and will be closed Monday through Thursday …
Read More »Dominguez Technology Center now connected to West Basin MWD’s Recycled Water System
Carson-based West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD) achieved a milestone last week when they completed and celebrated the connection of the Dominguez Technology Center to the water district’s recycled water system. Dominguez Technology Center, also in Carson, will now be able to use locally-produced, recycled water from WBMWD to irrigate …
Read More »New Morro Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant Green-Lighted by California Coastal Commission
Morro Bay’s aging wastewater treatment plant, built in 1953, is located near the beach and the city’s high school – and is now failing to meet Clean Water Act standards. But a recent unanimous vote by the California Coastal Commission (CCC), sans two absent commission members, has approved a new …
Read More »Installation of San Diego’s Advanced Water Metering Infrastructure Beset with Problems
An audit of the city of San Diego’s Public Utilities Department (PUD) and its installation of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) has revealed a project beset with problems since 2015. In 2012 the city’s (PUD) entered into a contract with a vendor to complete an AMI pilot project covering approximately 11,000 …
Read More »Federal Judge Remands Cadiz Water Project Pipeline Evaluation Back to BLM for Explicit Explanation
Judge George H. Wu of the Los Angeles Central District Federal Court recently issued a ruling in two consolidated cases brought against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) related to co-location of infrastructure in existing railroad rights-of-way, including the Cadiz Water …
Read More »Twelve California Projects Receive Grant Funding from Reclamation for Water Conservation Projects
The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation has announced the allocation of 29.1 million in grants from the WaterSMART Program to aid communities in better conserving water. Forty-five projects from 13 states will use the WaterSMART funds will received funds in one of two categories. Twenty-eight projects from 11 states …
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