California is the last Western state to make its well logs public. Some states, including Texas, even post them online. The secrecy dates back to the late 1940s, when the state’s well drillers fought to protect prime drilling spots from competitors.
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Governor Brown issues mandatory water usage reductions
SACRAMENTO – Following the lowest snowpack ever recorded and with no end to the drought in sight, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced actions(more…)
Support SB 877
Please take a few moments and send a letter of support for SB 877, PWQA and WQA’s sponsored bill. SB 877 is authored by Senator Joel Anderson (R-El Cajon), a longtime supporter of PWQA/WQA and past PWQA Legislator of the Year. SB 877 seeks to increase service connections from 200 to 2,000 so as to enable small communities to utilize Point of Entry and Point of Use (POE/POU) technology when centralized water treatment is not feasible. Current state law limits the POE/POU option to communities of less than 200 service connections.
PWQA 2011 – Educational Seminars
This years educational roster was particularly good (can I actually say that since I was one of the speakers?). The well-coordinated line-up began with an(more…)
53rd Annual PWQA Convention – Irvine, California
It’s time to start planning for PWQA again…Here’s the tentative schedule: I’ll be speaking about periodic maintenance, system disinfection, and service contracts. Pacific Water Quality(more…)
Residential Water Softener Installation and Startup Procedures
Excessively low or high water pressure are two of the most frequent reasons for poor performance and equipment failure. Water softeners perform the very best when exposed to static pressure in the range of 50 – 75 psi.