Following a unanimous 7-0 vote by its board of directors, the East Bay Municipal Utility District has moved to a stage 0,...
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News Briefs: Tanker Truck Crashes and Spills Fuel Into Toledo Sewer
A recent tanker truck crash resulted in a spill of over 1,500 gallons of gasoline and diesel in Toledo, Ohio. The Toledo Fire and...
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News Briefs: San Francisco Company Recycling Wastewater From High-Rise Buildings
Aaron Tartakovsky, co-founder and CEO of Epic Cleantec, has a vision for the future of recycled water: repurposing wastewater from high-rise buildings...
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Brown and Caldwell to Develop Southern California Drought Mitigation Study
Environmental engineering and construction services firm Brown and Caldwell has been hired by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to study...
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California Governor Signs Order to Build Water Resilience Amid Climate-Driven Extreme Weather
Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed an executive order to protect the state’s water supplies from the impacts of climate-driven extremes in weather.
After...
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UBC Engineers Develop New Method to Assess Water Management Strategies
While residents in California are still dealing with damage from last month's floods — after years of devastating droughts — University of...
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DWR Awards Funding to Build Water Resilience for Millions of Californians
The California Department of Water Resources recently awarded $86 million in financial assistance to meet the immediate and long-term water needs for...
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USBR Urges Central Valley Project Contractors to Prepare for Fourth Dry Year
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is asking its contractors receiving Central Valley Project water for municipal and industrial use to begin planning...
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Amid Weather Extremes, California Urges Flood Preparation Even During Historic Drought
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) recently commemorated Flood Preparedness Week at the end of October by encouraging residents to prepare for...
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News Briefs: California Prepares for Another Dry Winter
Entry 335534With California’s official water year (Oct. 1 to Sept. 30) in the books, officials say the state is likely to continue...
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News Briefs: California to Begin Testing Drinking Water for Microplastics
Entry 335572In a first for the world, the California State Water Resources Control Board recently approved requirements for testing drinking water for...
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News Briefs: Two Construction Workers Die in Manhole in Illinois
Entry 335584Eighteen first responders were at the scene to recover the bodies of two construction workers who died in a manhole at...
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News Briefs: California Construction Worker Falls 20 Feet Down Manhole
Entry 335607Cal Fire first responders recently rescued a road construction worker who fell down an open manhole in Morgan Hill, California.
The man...
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California Students Win U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize for Drought-Stress Detection Project
The Water Environment Federation has announced that John Benedict Estrada and Pauline Victoria Estrada, siblings from Clovis North High School in California,...













