The Imperial Irrigation District is celebrating California’s new state budget. In spite of coronavirus-caused spending cuts, it will get the funding it needs for two important environmental projects.
The Orange County Water District has been awarded a $3.6 million grant from the California Department of Water Resources Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) grant program for use toward the construction of its Groundwater Replenishment System Final Expansion project. Operational since 2008, the GWRS is undergoing its second and final expansion.
San Diego County beaches earned nearly one-fourth of the spots on Heal the Bay’s annual Honor Roll for excellent year-round water quality, according to the environmental group report released Tuesday. According to Santa Monica-based Heal the Bay, 42 out of more than 500 beaches across the state earned spots on the Honor Roll, which is reserved […]
The West Basin Municipal Water District announced the completion of a recycled water pipeline at Sares Regis Group’s Torrance Commerce Center on the site of the former Toyota Motor North America Inc. headquarters campus. The pipeline will use water from the district’s water recycling facility in El Segundo instead of drinking water to irrigate the landscape […]
IID Applauds New California State Budget
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /KYMA-TV, Yuma, Arizonaby Lisa SturgisThe Imperial Irrigation District is celebrating California’s new state budget. In spite of coronavirus-caused spending cuts, it will get the funding it needs for two important environmental projects.
Orange County Awarded Grant to Increase Drinking Water Supply
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Water Finance & ManagementThe Orange County Water District has been awarded a $3.6 million grant from the California Department of Water Resources Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) grant program for use toward the construction of its Groundwater Replenishment System Final Expansion project. Operational since 2008, the GWRS is undergoing its second and final expansion.
SD Beaches Make Heal the Bay’s Honor Roll for Ocean Water Quality
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby City News ServiceSan Diego County beaches earned nearly one-fourth of the spots on Heal the Bay’s annual Honor Roll for excellent year-round water quality, according to the environmental group report released Tuesday. According to Santa Monica-based Heal the Bay, 42 out of more than 500 beaches across the state earned spots on the Honor Roll, which is reserved […]
Recycled Water Project Comes Online in Torrance
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Los Angeles Business Journalby Howard FineThe West Basin Municipal Water District announced the completion of a recycled water pipeline at Sares Regis Group’s Torrance Commerce Center on the site of the former Toyota Motor North America Inc. headquarters campus. The pipeline will use water from the district’s water recycling facility in El Segundo instead of drinking water to irrigate the landscape […]