Tag: Orange County Water District

Orange County’s 2 Water Agencies Should Merge Despite Difficulties: Grand Jury

The Orange County Grand Jury’s recent report called for the county’s two water agencies to join as “one voice” so that the county can manage its water resources more efficiently, but some water officials said consolidating the two might be too difficult to be beneficial. The county’s water currently comes from two sources: the Orange…


LA County to Fine Agencies for Wasting Water, OC Won’t

The Orange County Water District, which provides water for over 2.5 million people in the region, will not mandate outdoor water usage to one day a week, officials said April 27, a day after the neighboring Metropolitan Water District—which services parts of Los Angeles, Riverside, and Ventura counties—announced an emergency conservation mandate to do so….


Water District Partnership Brings Increased Water Supply, Habitat Restoration 

The Orange County Water District (OCWD) has entered into a partnership with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) that will allow for increased water storage and habitat restoration behind the Prado Dam near Corona, Calif. It made the announcement May 5. The change comes as Lt. General Scott A. Spellmon signed off on a feasibility study April 22 that proposed an update to the…


Orange County Cities, Water Districts File Lawsuit Against 3M, DuPont Over Contaminated Water

The Orange County Water District and cities throughout the county have filed a joint lawsuit against 3M, DuPont, and other companies, claiming the defendants deliberately contaminated groundwater and water systems throughout the Southern California region. The plaintiffs—including the cities of Orange, Anaheim, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, and Tustin, along with the water districts of…