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After having drained the historic Silver Lake Reservoir in late 2015 to prepare for the construction of the Silver Lake Reservoir Complex (SLRC) Bypass Project, Los Angeles area officials gathered earlier this week to crank open the tower valves to begin refilling the Silver Lake complex ahead of schedule. Councilmembers …

Five Southern California governmental agencies have announced an agreement that lays the framework for the expansion of community recreational facilities at Diamond Valley Lake in Riverside County. After more than a year of work, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD), the city of Hemet, …

Former Senator Barbara Boxer (D) and former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez (D) have called on the state’s leadership to finally approve the proposed Huntington Beach desalination project. Both Boxer and Nunez are currently serving as consultants for the Poseidon Water project. The proposed project would produce 56,000-acre-feet per (50 million …

After having shut down its Orinda Water Treatment Plant in the fall of 2016 for needed improvements, the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) has re-opened the facility and Sierra mountain water is now back on tap for the district’s 800,000 customers west of the Oakland Berkeley Hills. To ensure …

A rural enclave of 140 homes in central Riverside County finally have a new water system to provide safe and dependable water after years of a problematic and unreliable water source. Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) recently began providing water service to the former customers of the now-defunct, private and …

After two-plus months of headlines, the temporary evacuation of nearly 200,000 people and round-the-clock work to attempt to shore up what started as a crack and become a crater – officials with the Department of Water Resources (DWR) have awarded a $275 million contract to Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. for …