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Entries Tagged California Drought
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Rates Key for California Water Utilities Amid Continued Conservation
California's water and sewer utilities will see weaker financial margins in fiscal 2015 and 2016 as the state's mandated conservation targets hit...
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California Receives $182 Million for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld announced more than $182 million in funding to California for investment in statewide...
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Nation's Largest Desalination Plant Now Online
Operations are underway at the nation’s largest and most technologically advanced seawater desalination plant, which has already produced more than 1.5 billion gallons...
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News Briefs: Utility to Double Deliveries of Recycled Water
The Napa Valley Register reports that the Napa (California) Sanitation District has nearly completed $20 million in projects to double its recycled...
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Top 10 Features of 2015
To the Snowmass (Colorado) Water and Sanitation District it’s known as the Ziegler Reservoir Enlargement Project. To scientists at the Denver Museum of...
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News Briefs: Suspects Arrested for Dam Vandalism
Fremont police arrested four men Nov. 24 for intentionally damaging an inflatable dam, which caused the release of nearly 50 million gallons...
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EPA Awards $1M Grant to Research Impact of Drought on Water Quality
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $1 million grant to the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) to conduct research on...
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News Briefs: Water Agency to Test Drive New Tesla Battery
Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA), which serves western San Bernadino County in Southern California, is undertaking what it calls a “landmark water-energy...
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News Briefs: Workers Discover 19th Century Burial Vault
Workers upgrading water mains under New York City’s Washington Square Park discovered a burial vault containing the remains of at least a...
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News Briefs: Shoplifting Suspect Rescued From Drainpipe
One shoplifting suspect in Batavia, New York, took an unusual escape route that ended up requiring a rescue by police and fire...
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California AWWA Program Targets Utility Water Loss
The largest association of California drinking water professionals has announced the formation of a program to educate and assist drinking water agencies...
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Water Agencies Team Up To Promote Conservation
Water conservation is a team effort in drought-stricken California.As water suppliers search for new ways to meet the mandatory water use reductions...
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News Briefs: Brain-Eating Amoeba Found in Third Louisiana Water System
Naegleria fowleri, also called “brain-eating amoeba,” has been found in a third Louisiana water system. The Terrebonne Parish utility district issued a...




















