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Congratulations to our Chair E. Joaquin Esquivel and board member Nichole Morgan for being reappointed to the State Water Resources Control Board! 🎉 https://lnkd.in/gqDf3UtA

Here are easy ways to cut trash in 2025. What will you do to help the planet in the new year?

Add IPM to your resolutions this year. #ChooseIPM in 2025 for safer, more sustainable pest management. The way you manage pests has an impact on you and the environment. When you #ChooseIPM, you take the first step towards sustainably sustainable managing pests management! Throughout the year, you can find helpful IPM resources on the DPR website, www.cdpr.ca.gov.  

California’s premier #AirQuality awards are named after Dr. Arie Haagen-Smit, known as the “father” of air pollution science and control. Nominations for the award are being accepted through Jan. 10. ➡️https://lnkd.in/g5CE7f9A

Thank you, California, for helping the planet by cutting trash and recycling more. Here's to an even greener 2025!

As we wrap up 2024, we're looking back at some of the highlights from this year:     We celebrated 5 years of the landmark SAFER drinking water program, which has provided over $1 billion to disadvantaged communities since 2019. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gJRbycqT California's nation-leading regulations for converting wastewater to drinking water went into effect. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gX9NAUNR We acted to make urban water conservation a way of life, becoming the first state to use water budgets to promote efficient water use by large water utilities. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gPMRu4uw   We marked 10 years of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, making progress toward protecting our underground water supply. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gAeFFr-p We distributed $880 million over the past fiscal year, improving drinking water and increasing water supplies for 12 million Californians in nearly 400 communities. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gtMY3ZvB We expanded testing for PFAS to nearly 4,000 wells that supply drinking water to some of the communities most in need in California. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g_gaPNVQ We commemorated 50 years of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, which inspired many regulatory successes in California. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gEyCt2cC   We celebrated the new state-funded Tijuana River Channel trash booms pilot project, which aims to intercept debris that flows from Mexico into the Tijuana River. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gzKHx-RB More to come in 2025!

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This year, we’re proud to highlight the Nellie Hannon Gateway project in #Emeryville: a former food bank site reimagined as affordable housing that will continue to serve the community’s needs through the expansion of the food bank on the first floor. See the "before photo," and a digital rendering of the final project, which is expected to be completed in May 2025.🥳 This transformation is made possible through the Equitable Community Revitalization Grant (#ECRG), a #DTSC program that funds the environmental work for projects like this one, supporting environmental cleanup & redevelopment to provide underserved communities with safe spaces to live, work and thrive. 🙌 The site is named in honor of Nellie Hannon, a local activist who dedicated her life to helping those in need. This project not only continues her legacy of community support but also exemplifies ECRG’s mission to turn environmentally impacted sites into community assets. By addressing contamination, affordable housing, and essential resources, this initiative ensures that everyone has access to the basic rights of housing, food, and a safe place to live. 🏡 #DTSCcleansUpCalifornia

For 25 years, the Carl Moyer Program has given early adopters a boost to promote #CleanTechnology like marine vessels, trucks, tractors, and other equipment. By incentivizing the switch – before a regulation required it – the program has reduced pollution & increased innovation.

Tune in to hear U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission's Sally Spener discuss the new $4.7 million Tijuana River Channel trash booms pilot project, which aims to intercept debris that flows from Mexico into the Tijuana River, clogging the channel and contributing to chronic water quality problems. Last week, we joined California, federal, international and nonprofit representatives near the border to celebrate the project, which was funded by the State Water Board. The pilot project will run for the next two consecutive storm seasons and is made partially of recycled material. Read More: https://lnkd.in/gzKHx-RB CalEPA , Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC)