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Ventura County Public Work’s Samuel Gonzalez receives award

September 20, 2023 Patch Moorpark Ventura County’s Water Distribution Supervisor, Samuel Gonzalez, was honored for his excellence in the field Held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the Association of Water Agencies of Ventura County (AWA) surprised Samuel Gonzalez with the prestigious “Frontline Utility Worker” award to recognize his critical role in much of the…

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County of Ventura Awards New Residential Solid Waste Collection Agreements

Ventura, CA – The Ventura County Public Works Agency (VCPWA) has awarded new residential solid waste collection agreements to E.J. Harrison & Sons, Inc. and Arakelian Enterprises Inc. (Athens Services), to begin January 1, 2024. The current agreements, effective since 2014, were amended in 2022 to include programs and services necessary for the County’s compliance…

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Ventura County gets drenching in first major storm of season

December 12, 2022 Ventura County Star Rainfall reaches 8 inches in mountains, runs near an inch on coast. The Ventura County mountains recorded up to 8 inches of rainfall during the three-day storm ending Monday morning, according to data from the Ventura County Watershed Protection District. Most communities in the county received between two-thirds of…

Eco-tip: America Recycles Day Highlights Economic Benefits of Recycling

Tuesday is America Recycles Day, although three Ventura County businesses will take part the following week when receiving ceremonial checks from a low-interest loan program that promotes recycling activities. America Recycles Day, held on Nov. 15 each year, is coordinated by Keep America Beautiful, a nonprofit supported mainly by major corporations and public agencies. Last year, the nonprofit helped promote nearly 3,000 related…

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Moorpark Water Reclamation Facility informs future drought resiliency

October 4th, 2022 Patch Malibu, CA VCPWA latest study on groundwater recharge published by Frontiers, international research journal Ventura County Public Works Agency (VCPWA) Waterworks District partnered with Lawrence Berkely National Lab scientists to study the groundwater recharge potential of the percolation basins at the Moorpark Water Reclamation Facility (MWRF). The results of this study…

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EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT – JOIN NEW PLANTING EFFORTS FOR FIRE RECOVERY

by David Goldstein Come take a walk on the wild side if you are tired of paring back your home’s landscaping in response to watering restrictions and fire dangers, and you just want to plant big, beautiful expanses you can visit in years to come. On the wild side of the urban/wildland interface, conservationists are…

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EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT | BATTLE OF THE WATER CONSERVATION AND WASTE REDUCTION METHODS

EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT | BATTLE OF THE WATER CONSERVATION AND WASTE REDUCTION METHODS by David Goldstein Most methods of reducing waste and conserving water complement each other, but sometimes, there can be only one. WOODY MULCH VS. FINE COMPOST AS A TOP DRESSING Mulch is a material applied to the garden surface, and compost…

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Some turf options withstand droughts better

July 9, 2022 By David Goldstein It’s fairly clear by now that Americans living in arid regions have not adequately planned for water shortages. In the current drought, local governments and water purveyors in the local region have responded with a new set of measures, including restrictions on outdoor watering. In areas with the hottest…

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EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT | ALTERNATIVES, INCENTIVES AND PROSPECTS FOR LAWN SURVIVAL

July 6, 2022 by David Goldstein Last week, on a nationally televised show, news-based comedian John Oliver criticized a local response to drought. Oliver’s diatribe, viewed on YouTube over 2,760,000 times as of last Tuesday, called study of a suggestion to tow an “iceberg in a diaper” to Ventura County “monumentally stupid” and an example…