California’s Rainbow Municipal Water
District is a vibrant utility serving residential and agricultural customers an hour’s drive north of San Diego. It’s...
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Water Loss Monitoring Improves Under New California Law
Toward the end of 2017, a new law in California went into effect. Prompted in part by the years-long drought the state...
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Green Stormwater Initiatives Make Silicon Valley an Industry Leader
San Jose fits snugly in the center of California’s Santa Clara Valley, like an idyllic urban microchip. The so-called Capital of Silicon...
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Mudslide Cleanup Creates Challenges for California Community
Devastation was frequently used to describe the aftermath of a mudslide that ravaged Montecito, California, on Jan. 9.
But despite the horror of...
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Mountain Snowpack in California Well Below Average
Heavy snowfall in the Sierra Nevadas at this time a year ago officially brought California out of its years-long drought. Officials warned...
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City Keeps Pollutants Out of Waterways Through Multi-Faceted Approach
Sources of waterway pollution can take many different forms. In recent years, the San Jose Environmental Services Department in California has been...
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Best of 2017: The Year in Photos
Over the course of a year and 12 issues of Municipal Sewer & Water magazine, a lot of words are dedicated to...
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Scientists Study Wildfires’ Effect on California Utility’s Drinking Water Source
Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have spent a decade studying the factors behind the success of Sonoma, California’s riverbank filtration...
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Location and Leak Detection
Cape Breton uses Hydro-Guard HG-8 to improve water qualityIn the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, an estimated 10 million gallons of...
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News Briefs: New Technology Helps City Cut Water Usage During Routine Flushing
During the height of the California drought, Ventura residents had a chronic complaint to the city as they had to increasingly cut...
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News Briefs: Excessive Number of Water Main Breaks Unveils Further Problems
Officials in Lawrence, Kansas, discovered that 13 miles of pipeline had been improperly installed after being inundated with 22 water main breaks...
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News Briefs: Audit Claims Feds Should End Deal to Rebuild New Orleans’ Storm-Damaged Infrastructure
A recent federal audit says the Federal Emergency Management Agency should rescind its multi-billion-dollar deal to rebuild New Orleans’ hurricane-damaged infrastructure.According to...
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News Briefs: Utility Considers Building First Cross-Border Water Pipeline
It’s still a long way from coming to fruition, but the Otay Water District in California is looking at building a $30...
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News Briefs: New Study Examines Water Loss Sources in California
A new study sheds some light on water conservation in California as the state continues to recover from its multi-year drought.The study,...





















