Latest Central Basin Stories
Labor agreement will ensure that all district projects will have positive economic impacts in Southeast Los Angeles COMMERCE, Calif., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Central Basin Municipal Water District Board of Directors signed a project labor agreement today with the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council (Construction Trades Council). The agreement codifies the District's longstanding practice to hire local workers whenever possible and...
Mark Moss receives national award for his environmental student education programs COMMERCE, Calif., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Central Basin Municipal Water District's Education Manager, Mark Moss, was honored on Monday with the Distinguished Educator Award by the American Meteorological Society (AMS) for his outstanding commitment to water education curriculum and programs. Each year, the AMS grants this national award to one educator who has made extensive...
CBMWD challenges Metropolitan Water District and Water Replenishment District to freeze rates for one year COMMERCE, Calif., April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Central Basin Municipal Water District Board of Directors pledged this week to freeze all water rates for at least one year and called on the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) and the Water Replenishment District (WRD) to do the same. "We are proud to provide the lowest water rates in...
District receives prestigious recognition for exceeding industry standards COMMERCE, Calif., March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Central Basin Municipal Water District has been recognized with the Excellence in Information Technology Practices Achievement Award by the Municipal Information Systems Association of California (MISAC). This marks the 5th consecutive award Central Basin has received for exceeding industry standards in the information technology arena. MISAC enhances...
Local company provides a green alternative for popular community program COMMERCE, Calif., Jan. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Central Basin Municipal Water District has improved its popular bottled water donation program by switching to bottles that are made from 100% recycled materials. The purified bottled water, which is produced locally in the City of Commerce, will be donated to cities and non-profit groups for community events. Since the 1990s, Central Basin's...
The Central Basin Board approves an extended review period for draft environmental impact report at request of stakeholders COMMERCE, Calif., Dec. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Central Basin Municipal Water District Board of Directors voted Wednesday to extend the deadline for public comment on the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) of the Central Basin Groundwater Storage Plan until March 1, 2012. This extension, which gives stakeholders and...
District receives prestigious award for practicing excellence in financial transparency and disclosure COMMERCE, Calif., Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Central Basin Municipal Water District has received a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). This is the sixth consecutive year that Central Basin has been recognized for achieving the highest...
The plan calls for saving over 4.4 billion gallons of water COMMERCE, Calif., Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Central Basin Municipal Water District Board of Directors adopted a new five year Water Use Efficiency Master Plan (WUE) at its November meeting. The WUE is designed to save 32,443 acre-feet of water through a variety of cost-effective programs and measures as well as an estimated $23 million in water purchases over the life of the program, which ends in...
Central Basin partners with a second city to construct a garden that highlights beautiful drought tolerant plants COMMERCE, Calif., Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Central Basin Municipal Water District announced today that it has broken ground on a second demonstration garden of California native and drought tolerant plants. The development of the garden has begun at the famed Sanchez Adobe in the City of Montebello, where 5,000 square feet of grass is being torn out and...
Central Basin partners with the Montebello Unified School District and San Gabriel Valley Water Company to conserve potable water at Schurr High School COMMERCE, Calif., Nov. 8 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Central Basin Municipal District announced today that Schurr High School of Montebello has finalized its participation to be part of Central Basin's recycled water program. The high school completed the recycled water connection this month. It will use recycled...
