Press Releases/Media Advisories – 2022

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DESCRIPTION	DATE	CATEGORY	Comunicado de Prensa en Español
Mission Springs Water District to pay $175,000 to resolve discharge violations	12/21/2022	Enforcement
State Water Board readopts ban on wasteful water uses	12/09/2022	General
North Coast Water Board names new executive officer with deep ties to region	11/28/2022	Region 1
Water Boards and City of Santa Monica celebrate opening of water recycling facilities	11/17/2022	General
State Water Board appoints Tulare County as administrator for East Orosi water system	11/15/2022	SAFER/Drinking Water
State Water Board adopts new standards to reduce water loss	10/27/2022	General
North Coast Water Board increases enforcement on cannabis growers, issues six-figure fines	10/13/2022	Region 1 / Enforcement
City of San Francisco wins award for efforts to reduce "forever chemicals"	10/13/2022	Region 2 / Water Quality
State Water Board approves $2.7 billion in financial assistance as California recognizes 10th anniversary of Human Right to Water	10/12/2022	SAFER/Drinking Water
La Junta Estatal del Agua asigna una asistencia financiera de $2.7 mil millones mientras California celebra el 10mo aniversario del Derecho Humano al Agua	10/12/2022	General
Defense Logistics Agency agrees to pay $1.6 million penalty for underground storage tank violations	09/29/2022	Water Quality
Southern California developers could face $1.9 million fine for stormwater permit violations	09/09/2022	Region 4 / Enforcement
July 2022 urban water use 10.4% lower than in July 2020	09/07/2022	General
Depleted oxygen levels from harmful algal bloom in SF Bay could trigger large-scale aquatic deaths	09/03/2022	Water Quality
State Water Board readopts emergency drought regulation for Mill and Deer Creeks	08/17/2022	Water Rights
Los Angeles Water Board approves MOU that holds Boeing accountable for cleanup	08/12/2022	General
June 2022 Urban Water Conservation Update Statewide water use in June was 7.6% lower than in June 2020	08/02/2022	General
State Water Board readopts emergency curtailment regulation for Delta	07/21/2022	Water Rights
Year in Review: State Water Board delivers $3.3 billion to California communities to boost drought resilience and increase water supplies Water recycling and drinking water infrastructure among top funding priorities Community drought assistance funding has quadrupled in just two years	07/20/2022	General
$17 million in penalties proposed in probe of warehouse fire that polluted Dominguez Channel and caused widespread noxious odor - Formal complaints issued against owners and operators of warehouse | en Español	07/14/2022	Region 4 / Enforcement
Statewide urban water use 3.1% lower	07/08/2022	General
Settlement reached with Sunol company for ruptured pipeline, discharge violation	07/07/2022	Region 2
Statement – Preliminary May 2022 Urban Water Use Data	06/28/2022	General
Fine proposed against cannabis cultivators for runoff that threatens Mad River water quality The accused failed to obtain permit to grow cannabis commercially	06/24/2022	Region 1 / Enforcement
Worsening conditions prompt readoption of drought emergency regulation for Scott and Shasta Rivers	06/21/2022	General
New statewide emergency water conservation regulation now in effect	06/14/2022	General
K&A Farms LLC agreement to pay $38,225 penalty	06/06/2022	Region 3
State Water Board approves Voluntary Water Sharing Agreement in Russian River Watershed	06/07/2022	Water Rights
State Water Board adopts emergency water conservation regulation Regulation to boost water savings starting in June	05/24/2022	General
Vineyard developers face $3.75 million fine for harming streams, wetlands in Sonoma County	05/24/2022	Region 1
San Francisco Bay Water Board names Eileen White as new executive officer	05/20/2022	Region 2
State Water Board releases draft emergency water conservation regulation Regulations would boost water savings starting in June	05/13/2022	General
Continuing drought prompts readoption of emergency curtailment regulation in Russian River State Water Board revises and renews existing regulation	05/10/2022	Water Rights
California holds Boeing accountable for cleanup at toxic Santa Susana Field Laboratory Comprehensive framework sets stage for stringent cleanup of Boeing’s areas of responsibility at the site	05/09/2022	Region 4 / Water Quality
As drought strains supply, report describes challenges to providing safe drinking water	05/06/2022	Drinking Water
Central Coast Water Board Allocates $5.9 million from PG&E Settlement Funds will support high priority water quality projects in the Central Coast	04/22/2022	Region 3
State Water Board staff proposes readoption of emergency drought regulation in Bay-Delta Regulation would refine method for determining water unavailabislity	04/19/2022	Water Rights
State Water Board announces member updates Nichole Morgan confirmed; Dorene D’Adamo reappointed	04/18/2022	General
Desert Water Agency agrees to pay $181,947 penalty for sewage collection system spill Colorado River Basin Regional Board approves settlement	04/12/2022	Region 8 / Enforcement
Proposed standard for Hexavalent chromium prioritizes public health, achievable path to water treatment Board seeks public input on new maximum contaminant level	03/21/2022	Drinking Water
$5.5 million SAFER grant expands well testing, offers treatment for rural residents near Modesto	03/17/2022	Drinking Water
San Diego Water Board approves nation’s first ocean desalination facility that eliminates harm to fish Subsurface slant wells draw water beneath ocean floor	03/10/2022	Region 9 / Water Quality
State Provides $301 million in Pandemic-Related Water Utility Debt Relief for Californians With 100% of eligible drinking water debt covered, program now transitions to help relieve wastewater debt	03/08/2022	Drinking Water
State Water Board adopts emergency water use regulations to boost drought resilience Despite early winter storms, California remains in a drought	01/04/2022	General