A 17-month construction project to replace nearly 20,000 feet of 12-inch diameter water transmission pipeline in Calaveras County has been completed. The board of directors of the Calaveras County Water District (CCWD) and more than 60 people gathered at Cedar Center in Arnold recently to watch as Division 3 Director …
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The Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA) has issued an advisory regarding 11 individuals who have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. Legionellosis refers to illness caused by the Legionella bacteria and usually results from exposure to contaminated water aerosols or from aspirating contaminated water. Inasmuch as eight of the 11 …
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Two hundred properties in the Quail Valley community in rural Menifee will soon dispense with their failing septic tank systems thanks to the recent groundbreaking for a new environmentally safe wastewater infrastructure. The groundbreaking is a landmark moment for the economically disadvantaged area. Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) and its …
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As part of the North Basin Groundwater Protection Project, the Orange County Water District (OCWD) has put an extraction well (Extraction Well 1 or EW-1) into operation in order to protect the basin from legacy industrial contaminants in this part of the district’s region. OCWD’s ongoing and comprehensive identified elevated …
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) recently completed the rehabilitation of its Grand View Regulator Station as part of its five-year $2.4 billion Water Infrastructure Plan. The plan seeks to replace or upgrade numerous elements of the department’s water infrastructure including in-city reservoirs and water tanks, large …
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A 12-question survey, recently mailed to specific residents within Assemblyman Jim Gallagher’s (R-3rd Assembly District-Chico) district, is showing that 70 percent of the respondents claim that the Department of Water Resources (DWR) has lost all public trust with the communities downstream from the Oroville Dam. The survey also found that …
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