California’s Aging Dams Face New Perils, 50 years After Quake Crisis
Fifty years after the 1971 San Fernando earthquake and the near failure of the Lower Van Norman Dam, the overwhelming majority of California dams are decades past their [...]
New Administration Urged to Address Aging Water Infrastructure
A coalition of urban and rural water districts and more than 200 agricultural organizations are urging newly inaugurated President Joe Biden to address aging Western water infrastructure as [...]
State DOTs Net $10B in Aid From COVID-19 Relief Legislation
State departments of transportation are getting $10 billion in long-awaited emergency aid from a $900 billion COVID-19 relief measure passed by Congress as part of a final year-end [...]
SoCal Water Agencies Pledge Millions for Delta Conveyance Costs
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) has joined water agencies throughout the state in pledging its support for a project to modernize the increasingly vulnerable infrastructure [...]
EPA Awards $252 Million for California Water Infrastructure
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $2.7 billion nationwide in support of water infrastructure via State Revolving Funds (SRFs) — including an award of $252.8 million [...]
CA’s wastewater plants could process food waste, generating $255M per year
A new report issued by the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) shows that at least half of California’s landfill-bound food waste could be processed at the state’s wastewater [...]
SD Water–Scripps Collaboration to Optimize Water Management & Supply
The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) is partnering with the renowned Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego to better predict atmospheric rivers and optimize water [...]
Matilija Dam final design grant approved
Another grant has been approved for the Matilija Dam Ecosystem Restoration Project. $5M from the state Wildlife Conservation Board will fund final design and engineering for the removal [...]
CA Releases Final Water Resilience Portfolio
California faces a range of water challenges, from vulnerable infrastructure to severely depleted groundwater basins to unsafe drinking water in many communities to uncertain water supplies for our [...]
$84 Million in Grants Awarded to CA Water Resilience Projects
To continue California’s progress toward establishing a more climate resilient future, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has awarded $83.9 million in Integrated Regional Water Management Program [...]