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Wildfires dealt heavy blow to LA’s tiny water districts; recovery will be tough, report says
A new report from UCLA’s Luskin Center charts the toll of the January wildfires on the L.A. area’s array of water districts.
Wildfires dealt heavy blow to LA-area tiny water districts, report says and recovery will be tough
A new report from UCLA’s Luskin Center charts the toll of the January wildfires on the L.A. area’s array of water districts.
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As LA plans to recycle more water, officials want to hear from you
There are opportunities for the public to share feedback on what will be Southern California largest recycled water projects.
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Optimal Coordination of Water Distribution Energy Flexibility With Power Systems Operation
Abstract: This paper proposes a model for optimizing the energy flexibility of water distribution systems (WDSs) in day-ahead power systems operation. The water distribution system operators (W-DSOs) ...
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The impacts of the water intake operation on the hydraulic transients, sediment resuspension and water quality of the largest multi-use reservoir in Latin America
This study investigates numerically the effects of the water intake operation of Castanhão reservoir, Ceará, Brazil. First, transient hydraulic modelling was carried out using ALLIEVI. The results ...
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During the fires, LADWP worked overtime to control the narrative and douse misinformation
At the center of some of the controversy and concern over hydrants running dry and the empty Santa Ynez reservoir: the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). From documents recently ...
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PFOA/PFOS Safe Drinking Water Act National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Extends Compliance Deadlines
The American Water Works Association and the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies had previously filed a judicial action challenging these Safe Drinking Water Act NPDWR’s.
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Investments in Water Resilience Helps Stretch Existing Supplies
This technology can help people identify where they could reduce their water use by seeing patterns, like excessive outdoor landscape watering. Metro Water District showcased the water quality ...
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What the EPA's partial rollback of the 'forever chemical' drinking water rule means
Leaders of two major utility industry groups, the American Water Works Association and Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, said they supported the EPA's decision to rescind a novel approach to ...
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Safety concerns stall expansion of automated Metro trains on Green and Yellow Lines
Metro leaders said using what’s called Automatic Train Operation – in which trains start, stop, and move automatically – is safer than operating trains manually, and they criticized the WMSC ...
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The idea is to get 2028 Summer Olympic spectators to events in Long Beach and San Pedro without driving
The proposed water taxi idea received a 6-0 vote of the LA Metro Ad-Hoc Committee on the ... will help pay for the startup and operation of a ferry between San Pedro and Long Beach.
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What the EPA’s partial rollback of the ‘forever chemical’ drinking water rule means
On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to weaken limits on some harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water roughly a year after the Biden administration finalized ...