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St Patrick’s Day "May your pipes flow smoothly, your filters be ever clear, and the luck of the Irish keep your wastewater treatment plant in the greenest condition this St. Patrick's Day!" 🍀💧 Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Lucky the Leprechaun!   World Water Day Every year, World Water Day (22 March) raises awareness and [...]

WELL 12th Annual Conference Registration is open for WELL's 12th Annual Statewide Conference which will be held from Friday, March 15 to Saturday, March 16, 2024, in San Jose, CA! WELL will bring together top water policy experts and practitioners to share their knowledge on California’s top water challenges and the opportunities to mitigate the impacts. By [...]

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over Half a Billion for California Water Infrastructure The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a historic investment of over half a billion dollars ($510,054,000) for California's drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades under President Biden's Investing in America agenda. This funding is part of the larger $50 billion water [...]

EMWD Celebrated for Desalination Program Leadership The Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) received CalDesal's Institutional Achievement Award for its efforts in promoting water desalination as a safe and sustainable water supply. EMWD, nominated by Black and Veatch, meets nearly 10% of its water demand through groundwater desalination, including its recent Perris II Desalter facility producing [...]

Share Your Voice in Washington D.C. We look forward to seeing you next week at the Willard InterContinental in Washington, D.C.! CASA”s D.C Policy Forum will feature an excellent program with speakers that include Congressional staff, reporters, and national water association leaders providing their perspective on infrastructure funding, cybersecurity and other significant developments crucial to California's clean [...]

Senator Skinner Announces Legislation to Ban Toxic “Forever Chemicals” On Wednesday February 21st Senator Nancy Skinner announced the introduction of SB 903, which would prevent the sale and use of products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) unless the use of the PFAS in the product is necessary and there is not a safer alternative [...]

Winter Conference Recap What a great start to 2024! Our Winter Conference in Palm Springs was a resounding success. Together with some of the clean water sector’s best and brightest, we focused on complex challenges facing the wastewater community, looking toward the future and preparing the next generation. We kicked off the conference on Wednesday, January [...]

California Senate Swears in New Leader On Monday, February 5th Senator Mike McGuire was sworn in as the new President pro Tempore of the California State Senate. Senator McGuire succeeds Senator Toni Atkins who is terming out of office later this year. The change in leadership was decided by the majority caucus and announced last [...]

Welcome New CASA Members Arbuckle Public Utility District TerraVerde Energy, LLC   The Sterling Natural Resource Center Recycled its ‘First Drop’ of Water The East Valley Water District has begun operations at the Sterling Natural Resource Center (SNRC), a state-of-the-art reclamation facility and community center that will recycle up to 8 million gallons of wastewater [...]

Water Sector Security Benchmarking Study Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (Central San) is conducting a Water Sector Security Benchmarking Study and invites all CASA member agencies to participate. The survey is being administered by Guidepost Solutions and covers physical security, security staffing, security technology, and other security concerns common to water and wastewater utilities. All [...]