Press Releases For easy viewing of our publications in the manner in which they were intended, we have converted our publications into Adobe® Acrobat PDF documents. If you do not already have the FREE Adobe Reader, please click the following button to get the latest version of Adobe® Reader from Adobe® before you attempt to download the files listed below. Press Releases 2010 3.15.10 MEDIA ALERT: California Water Crisis Briefing at U.S. Capitol 3.15.10 April Issue of National Geographic Magazine on Fresh Water 3.8.10 Siemens to Provide $14-million GWR System Expansion for Orange County Water District 2.18.10 Watch the Video! "Dialogue with Doti and Dodge" on Water: http://www1.chapman.edu/~adiaz/DWDDClips/Show903.m4v 2.5.10 Noble Waite Appointed to Division 6 Vacancy 1.18.10 OCWD Recognizes 20 & 25 Years of Employee Service 2009 12.23.09 OCWD Elects 2010 Officers 12.18.09 Announcing Vacancy on OCWD Board Division 6 12.16.09 OCWD Receives $64,719 For Saving Energy 12.11.09 REVISED 12.14.09: Water Industry Loses a Great Leader 11.16.09 GWR System Engineers Receive International Award 10.19.09 Registration for FREE Water Education Festival Now Open 10.12.09 Dedicating OCWD Advanced Water Quality Assurance Lab Pictures of the lab available to view on TwitPic  10.5.09 OCWD Recognizes Director for 30 Years of Service 10.1.09 OCWD Water News on Twitter   9.30.09 GWR System Receives International Honor 9.17.09    OCWD Director Keynote Speaker at International Conference 8.11.09 Fitch Rates OCWD Coveted AAA 7.20.09 GWR System Featured in "Conserving California" Campaign Conserving California Orange County Fact Sheet Conserving California Water Supply and Quality Fact Sheet Conserving California Brochure 6.30.09 GWR System Receives National Engineering Awards; CA Green Award  PHOTO: ASCE OPAL Award  ASCE Award Photo Caption: (L to R): ASCE Executive Director Patrick J. Natale, P.E., F.ASCE; Robert W. Bein, P.E., ASCE President Emeritus; James D. Herberg, P.E., Director of Engineering, OCSD; Doug Davert, Chair, OCSD; Denis Bilodeau, P.E., Director, OCWD; Mike Markus, P.E., General Manager, OCWD; and ASCE President Wayne Klotz, P.E. 5.18.09 Leaders Gather to Learn About Water Crisis 4.23.09 GWR System Wins National Civil Engineering Award 4.23.09 OCWD Director Appointed to Water Task Force 3.9.09 OCWD To Receive Green Leadership Award       1.21.09 EPA Awards OCWD with PISCES Award 1.20.09 OCWD Welcomes New Director 1.5.09 Announcing the 2009 Children's Water Education Festival 2008 12.16.08 OCWD Honored with EPA Water Efficiency Award 11.11.08 OCWD and ACWA Announce Clair A. Hill Scholarship for 2009-2010 Academic Year 10.3.08 OCWD Recognized by Groundwater Resources Association of California with Kevin J. Neese Award 10.3.08 OCWD Board President Shares in CSDA Award 10.2.08 GWR System Awarded Toshiba Green Innovation Award 9.8.08 OCWD National WateReuse Agency of the Year 9.18.08 OCWD/GWR System Recognized by Orange County Coastkeeper 7.28.08 OCWD Wins 2008 IWA Design Project Honor Award 6.23.08 OCWD Files Suit Against Industries that have Polluted Groundwater  6.2.08 Orange County Wins 2008 Stockholm Industry Water Award 5.19.08 Orange County's Water Summit a Success! OC Water Summit Survey Results.5.2.08  5.7.08 ACWA Presents OCWD with 2008 Clair A. Hill Award; First Agency to Win the Award Twice  5.6.08 OCWD Beats Out 400 International Nominees to Win the 2008 Global Water Award  4.8.08 OCWD Rated AAA From Fitch 3.25.08 OCWD Receives 2008 Agency of the Year Award from WateReuse Association 3.18.08 OCWD Responds to AP Drinking Water Report  2.5.08 OCWD General Manager Named Top 25 Newsmaker by "Engineering News Record" Magazine   2.7.08 REVISED - GWRS Receives Energy Savings Awards Totaling $421,432   2.5.08 OCWD Celebrates 75th Anniversary  2.5.08 Children's Water Education Festival Seeks Sponsors, Donations and Volunteers  2.5.08 Orange County Leaders Dedicate Groundwater Replenishment System  1.10.08 Revolutionary Water Purification Project Begins Injecting Water into Seawater Intrusion Barrier

2007 12.10.07 Orange County Water District Elects Board Leadership For 2008   10.15.07  Kids - Become an O.C. Water Hero; Learn to Conserve Water and Have Fun! 09.24.07  Orange County Water District Board of Directors Names Michael R. Markus, P.E., General Manager 09.18.07  OCWD Urging North-Central County Hotels and Restaurants to Join Water Conservation Program 09.12.07  Orange County Water District Applauds Governor Schwarzeneggers Call for Special Session 08.15.07  Orange County Water District and Process Engineer Mehul Patel Bestowed with Honor by the American Membrane Technology Association 07.31.07  Orange County Water District Set to Break Ground on $22 Million Advanced Water Quality Assurance Laboratory 06.20.07  FREE O.C. Water 101 Held at OCWD on Wed., July 25 04.02.07  Announcing Summer Water Camp For Students In Grades 7, 8, 9; Applications Due May 1 03.20.07  Water Limited in Orange County During Construction Work at Local Treatment Plant; Residents, Businesses urged to Aggressively Conserve Water 03.13.07  Orange County Childrens Water Education Festival Seeks Sponsors and Volunteers 02.15.07  Orange County Water District General Manager Resigns; Acting GM Named 02.06.07  Orange County Water District Receives Special Recognition Award 01.29.07  Orange County Water District Announces New Board Members for 2007 01.10.07  The Orange County Water District Invites Public To Get Drenched With Water Wisdom

2006

12.05.06	IRWD Desalter Project Wins Regional Award
09.06.06	Orange County Water District Receives American Society of Civil Engineers California Historic Landmark Award
08.30.06	Water Pipeline Project Reaches Second Major Milestone
08.07.06	Orange County Water District Receives Fountain Valley Approval for $24 Million Water Quality Laboratory To Test Local Groundwater
06.29.06	Orange County Groundwater Replenishment System Receives Silver Anvil Award by PRSA
06.26.06	Orange County Water District Named "Client of the Year" by the Orange County Chapter of the Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California
06.05.06	Orange County Water District Names Anaheim Hills Resident Its June Employee of the Month
06.02.06	OCWD Raises Amount of Groundwater Used by North-Central Orange County Cities
02.25.06	Orange County Water District Re-Elects Slate of Board Members for 2006
02.09.06	OCWD Initiates North Basin Groundwater Protection Project (NBGPP)
01.27.06	OCWD Board Member Wes Bannister Elected Chairman of the Association of California Water Agencies Joint Powers Insurance Authority
01.20.06	OCWD Invites The Public To Get Soaked With Water Wisdom
01.16.06	Orange County Residents Invited to Tour Construction Site for New Water Purification Plant
01.09.06	Orange County Water District is Awarded $2.8 Million for Wetlands Restoration

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