Water supply augmentation Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

PRESS RELEASE: OceanWell and Las Virgenes Municipal Water District launch California Water Farm 1 with capacity of 60 million gallons per day as six agencies join project

August 16, 2025

Press release from Ocean Well and Las Virgenes Municipal Water District OceanWell, a water technology company, announced plans to advance...

AG ALERT: As supplies thin, price of recycled water could go up

Ag Alert

Water supply augmentation

August 7, 2025

Commentary by Norm Groot, executive director of the Monterey County Farm Bureau As we all manage the implementation of our...

BERKELEY LAB: New membrane technology could expand access to water for agricultural and industrial use

Berkeley Lab

Water supply augmentation

July 1, 2025

Berkeley Lab-led Water Hub supports company in advancing desalination methods By Christina Procopiou, Berkeley Lab Key Takeaways Approximately 40 percent of the U.S. water supply comes from underground aquifers but much of it is too salty for many human uses....

ASU: Squeezing every last drop out of desalination wastewater

Arizona State University

Water supply augmentation

June 16, 2025

Partnering with Nestlé, ASU is working to reduce the amount of briny waste left over from water desalination By Faith...

EDWARD RING: Disruptive desalination technology comes to California

Edward Ring

Commentary Water supply augmentation

May 29, 2025

By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center The concept of deep water desalination...

UCLA: As Colorado River shrinks, states fail to tap an accessible water source

UCLA

Colorado River Water supply augmentation

April 2, 2025

By Claire Griffiths, UCLA States across the Colorado River Basin are squandering a critical opportunity to ease the region’s historic water crisis, according to a new report by UCLA and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The sweeping analysis reveals that...

LAist: LA has big plans to recycle more water. Why the city says it’s going to take decades to do it

LAist

Water supply augmentation

March 26, 2025

By Erin Stone, 4/25/2025 This article was originally published by LAist on 4/25/2025 L.A.’s big plans to recycle almost all...

PRESS RELEASE: Recent storms boost stormwater capture in LA County

Press Release/Notice

Water supply augmentation

March 21, 2025

Region still woefully short of annual rainfall totals. Press release from LA Department of Public Works: A series of late-winter...

EDWARD RING: Desalination at Scale is Cost Competitive

Edward Ring

Commentary Policy and regulation Water supply augmentation

March 13, 2025

By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center On May 22, 2022, the California Coastal Commission voted unanimously to deny final approval for a desalination plant in Huntington Beach. It would have produced 56,000...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Rising water costs in San Diego is a never-ending story

Voice of San Diego

Water supply augmentation

December 21, 2024

San Diego water districts see unending upward pressure on water rates in the region. But the price shock people are...

UC RIVERSIDE: $1.4 million grant awarded to spur water recycling technology

UC Riverside

Water supply augmentation

December 18, 2024

UCR’s Haizhou Liu to collaborate with other UC campuses By David Danelski The University of California system has awarded a...

KNOWABLE: Can desalination quench agriculture’s thirst?

Knowable Magazine

Agriculture Water supply augmentation

November 25, 2024

Miles away from the ocean, projects are afoot to clean up salty groundwater and use it to grow crops. Some say it’s a costly pipe dream, others say it’s part of the future. By Lela Nargi, Knowable Magazine Ralph Loya...

STATE WATER BOARD: California on track to meet short-term goal for recycled water; longer-term goals more elusive

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation Water supply augmentation

November 21, 2024

Wastewater agencies are playing a crucial role in shaping a sustainable water future by increasingly reusing highly treated water. Since...

PRESS RELEASE: California’s Direct Potable Reuse Regulations flow into action

WateReuse

Policy and regulation Water supply augmentation

October 2, 2024

Press release from WateReuse California The State Water Resources Control Board, along with WateReuse California, and dozens of water utilities,...

PRESS RELEASE: State-funded stormwater project boosts water quality for disadvantaged foothill communities

State Water Board

Water quality Water supply augmentation

August 14, 2024

Nature-based solutions will also help reduce flood risk Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board and the Twain Harte Community Services District recently celebrated the completion of a stormwater project that uses...