2017
07/24/2017 Grants Now Available Through New Water Bottle Filling Station Program
CARSON, Calif. – The West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Board of Directors announced a new program to fund water bottle filling stations at public facilities. The pilot program was created to provide community members with more access to safe and reliable tap water to refill their personal, eco-friendly water bottles. Download Press Release
07/20/2017 West Basin Unveils Ocean Friendly Garden at Gardena Mayme Dear Library
CARSON, Calif. – West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) and the City of Gardena (Gardena) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 20 that unveiled an Ocean Friendly Garden (OFG) at the Mayme Dear Library, a County of Los Angeles Public Library in Gardena. Download Press Release
06/08/2017 West Basin Recognizes Senator Dianne Feinstein as Legislator Of The Year
CARSON, Calif. – Members of the West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Board of Directors met with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) in Washington, D.C. this Spring, to provide a briefing on West Basin endeavors and present her with the District’s Legislator of the Year award. Download Press Release
05/22/2017 South Bay High School Wins Regional Awards at 15th Annual Solar Cup™ Competition
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) completed its 15th annual Solar Cup™ competition on May 21, as first time competitor, Manhattan Beach’s Mira Costa High School took home the top prizes in the rookie division this year. Download Press Release
04/24/2017 West Basin Recognizes Assemblyman Richard Bloom as Legislator of the Year
CARSON, Calif. – On a recent trip to Sacramento, members of the West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Board of Directors met with California Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) to provide a briefing on West Basin endeavors and to present him with its Legislator of the Year award. Download Press Release
04/17/2017 West Basin Water-Energy Conservation Programs Get a Boost
CARSON, Calif. – The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) awarded West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) $800,625 as part of DWR’s 2016 Water-Energy Grant Program. The award will provide funding for two of West Basin’s conservation programs beginning this summer, including the Disadvantaged Community Water-Energy Savings Initiative Program (DAC), and the Cash 4 Kitchens Program (C4K). Download Press Release
04/13/2017 West Basin Unveils Ocean Friendly Garden at Inglewood City Hall
CARSON, Calif. – West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) and the City of Inglewood (Inglewood) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to unveil an Ocean Friendly Garden (OFG), as part of West Basin’s Ocean Friendly Landscape Program, at Inglewood City Hall (City Hall). West Basin Division II Director Gloria D. Gray joined Inglewood officials and community partners for the event. Download Press Release
04/04/2017 City of West Hollywood and West Basin Sustainable Model Garden Debuts
CARSON, Calif. – West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Division IV Director Scott Houston and West Hollywood Mayor Lauren Meister at the unveiling of the Ocean Friendly Garden in the city of West Hollywood. The project is sponsored in part by West Basin as part of its Ocean Friendly Garden Program. Download Press Release
02/02/2017 West Basin Board of Directors Elect 2017 Officer Positions
CARSON, Calif. – At the January board meeting, the West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Board of Directors elected new board positions for 2017. Division I Director Harold C. Williams was named board president, with Division IV Director Scott Houston serving as vice president. Division V Director Donald L. Dear and Division II Director Gloria D. Gray will serve as treasurer and secretary, respectively. Division III Director Carol W. Kwan, who previously served as board president, was named immediate past president. Download Press Release
02/02/2017 Water is Life Art Contest Deadline is March 17
CARSON, Calif. – The Water is Life student art contest is an education program of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan), a regional water provider whose member agencies include the West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin). West Basin, the local water wholesaler for the coastal cities of Los Angeles County, implements the Water is Life contest each year. This annual education program inspires and challenges students to portray the importance of water and water efficiency using creative slogans and original artwork. Download Press Release
2016
07/06/2016 West Basin and Mattel Collaborate to Save Up to Two Million Gallons of Drinking Water Per Year
04/26/2016 West Basin Board of Directors Recognize Local Student Winners of Water Education Art Contest
02/05/2016 West Basin Receives $2 Million in Grant Funds to Expand Recycled Water System to Palos Verdes
2015
2014
2013
10/30/2013 Director Ronald C. (Ron) Smith Presents Palos Verdes Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Awards
10/04/2013 West Basin Director Donald L. Dear Appointed to Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors
05/02/2013 Director Gloria D. Gray Selected for Panel on Women Leadership at Leadership California Conference
03/22/2013 Director Gloria D. Gray Inducted into National Association of University Women Hall of Fame
02/15/2013 Director Gloria Gray First African-American Woman to Chair Metropolitan Water District Board Meeting
2012
10/29/2012 West Basin Director Gloria Gray receives special recognition for environmental, women's leadership
07/24/2012 West Basin's Board of Directors Recognizes State Senator Ted Lieu as its Legislator of the Year
2011
03/16/2011 West Basin Honors Senator Dianne Feinstein with Water Reliability 2020 Legislator of the Year Award
2010
05/11/2010 Water Use Down 13% in West Basin Service Area CARSON, Calif.
Water use is down 13% in West Basin's service area, which includes most of L.A.'s South Bay and surrounding areas, but more conservation is needed to overcome the challenges of the Bay Delta. Download Press Release
04/30/2010 West Basin Welcomes New Assistant General Manager, Shivaji Deshmukh CARSON, Calif.
West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin), providing wholesale drinking water and five types of ‘designer' recycled waters to coastal L.A. County, has hired 11-year water industry veteran Shivaji Deshmukh to be its new Assistant General Manager. Download Press Release
04/23/2010 West Basin President Gloria D. Gray Appointed to Statewide Bay Delta Stewardship Council CARSON, Calif.
West Basin President Gloria D. Gray has been appointed to a four year term and sworn in to California's Delta Stewardship Council (Council) to help the Council achieve the two co-equal goals of providing a more reliable water supply for California and protecting, restoring and enhancing the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta (Bay Delta) ecosystem. President Gray joins six other members on the Council, including Phil Isenberg, Randy Fiorini, Patrick Johnston, Hank Nordhoff, Dan Nottoli, and Richard Roos- Collins. Download Press Release
04/16/2010 West Basin Vice President Ronald C. (Ron) Smith to represent West Basin on National Water Research Institute Board CARSON, Calif.
West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Director and Vice President Ronald C. (Ron) Smith will represent West Basin on the National Water Research Institute (NWRI) Board of Directors. Download Press Release
04/07/2010 Water Audits and Workshops Save Time, Water and Money (Director Gloria Gray) CARSON, Calif.
In a recent Green Garden workshop, West Basin Municipal Water District Director Gloria Gray, of Inglewood, helped 60 residents of Athens, Ladera Heights and Inglewood reduce their water use outdoors by providing them with free landscape water audits and free irrigation controllers. Download Press Release
03/31/2010 West Basin Municipal Water District Begins Construction of Ocean-Water Desalination Demonstration Facility Utilizing Ocean Protection Technology CARSON, Calif.
West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) recently started constructing one of the first ocean-water desalination demonstration facilities to utilize ocean protection technology at the source of intake and discharge. The facility is co-located at the Los Angeles Conservation Corps' SEA Lab education center in Redondo Beach and is part of West Basin's Water Reliability 2020 (WR2020) initiative to reduce dependence on unreliable imported water use in the South Bay from 66 percent to 33 percent by the year 2020. Download Press Release
03/26/2010 FREE Huell Howser Water Reliability DVDs for South Bay Residents CARSON, Calif.
Huell Howser recently completed a 28-minute video about the water crisis in southern California. The video explains how the West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) is responding to decreasing, less reliable imported water supplies resulting from population growth, environmental restoration, and long-term impacts like climate change through its Water Reliability 2020 (WR2020) program. The WR2020 DVDs are available to the public on a first-come, first-served basis to those who live or work in the West Basin service area. Download Press Release
03/11/2010 Director Ronald C. (Ron) Smith "Salutes" Palos Verdes Businesses PALOS VERDES PENINSULA
West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Director Ronald C. (Ron) Smith recently provided Certificates of Excellence to Palos Verdes Businesses at the Palos Verdes Chamber of Commerce's annual "Salute to Business" awards dinner. The following Palos Verdes businesses were honored: Morgan's Jewelers, Malaga Bank, Trio Mediterranean Grill, CL!X Portrait Studios, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Harbor Area's "College Bound" Program and Randy Bowers, immediate past chair of the Palos Verdes Chamber of Commerce. Download Press Release
03/02/2010 Water Quality Specialist, Engineer, Plant Operator jobs shared with students during Job Shadow Day at West Basin EL SEGUNDO, Calif.
Last week, West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) hosted 15 high school students in honor of Job Shadow Day at its water purification facility in El Segundo. High School students from Morningside High School, Inglewood High School, and Animo Leadership Charter High Schools in Inglewood visited the Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility to explore a day in the life of plant operators, maintenance workers, water quality specialists, chemists, engineers, and management. Download Press Release
02/11/2010 West Basin Municipal Water District Votes to Support the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010 CARSON, Calif.
The West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Board of Directors has voted to support the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010 (Water Supply Act). The Water Supply Act will provide $11.14 billion in bond funding to improve California's aging infrastructure, invest in watershed planning and new water supply projects, and protect the fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta (Bay Delta) environment. Download Press Release
02/09/2010 Gray, Smith Elected to Lead West Basin Board of Directors CARSON, Calif.
Director Gloria D. Gray (Division II) has been elected by her peers to serve as Board President, Director Ronald C. (Ron) Smith (Division I) has been elected to serve as Vice President. Read the press release for more... Download Press Release
01/21/2010 Professional, Prudent Management Lead to Two Financial Awards for West Basin CARSON, Calif.
West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) has been awarded the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for budget reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) and the Certificate of Excellence Award for a model investment policy from the Association of Public Treasurers of the United States and Canada (APT US&C). Download Press Release
2009
12/29/2009 Lean and Green: West Basin Partners with local community groups, helps residents make healthier landscapes at home CARSON, Calif.
Helping residents to cut water use at home, West Basin Municipal Water District directors Ronald Smith, Carol Kwan and Donald Dear recently distributed 161 Smart® irrigation controllers to residents within their respective divisions with help from three community organizations... Download Press Release
12/08/2009 Palos Verdes Educators Honored by West Basin Director Ronald C. (Ron) Smith PALOS VERDES PENINSULA
West Basin Municipal Water District Director Ronald C. (Ron) Smith recently provided Certificates of Excellence to Educators of the Year at the Palos Verdes Peninsula's 29th Annual Rotary Educator of the Year Awards. Download Press Release
11/19/2009 ‘OUTSTANDING' WEST BASIN, UNITED WATER PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP RECOGNIZED EL SEGUNDO, Calif.
West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) and United Water are being awarded the Service Award for Outstanding Leadership and Projects by the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships (NCPPP). Download Press Release
11/17/2009 Reliability and Recycling are the focus of West Basin’s 11th Water Harvest festival El Segundo, CA
West Basin’s 11th Annual Water Harvest festival held on Saturday, October 24, 2009, educated the community about where our water comes from, how much water we use on a daily basis... Download Press Release
10/30/2009 South Bay Residents Can Learn to Make Their Yards Water
Efficient and Ocean-Friendly in FREE Landscape Workshop Don’t miss your chance to participate in the next FREE Ocean-Friendly Landscape Workshop on Saturday November, 14, 2009 from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M. at the Redondo Beach Library, 303 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach. The class will be taught by G3 LA, the Green Garden Group. Download Press Release
10/20/2009 Free Family Fun, Prizes, Tours And More at West Basin’S Annual Water Harvest Festival
Every Drop Counts Explore the Seven Wonders of California’s Water World as West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) hosts its 11th annual Water Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Download Press Release
10/05/2009 California State University Dominguez Hills Receives Water Reliability 2020 Award from West Basin Municipal Water District CARSON
Water and Energy efficiency has earned Cal State University Dominguez Hills (CSU Dominguez Hills) one of West Basin’s first Water Reliability 2020 Awards. Download Press Release
10/02/2009 West Basin Municipal Water District Opens Water Recycling Plant and Conducts Tours In Support of Coastal Commission’s COASTWEEKS Program CARSON
Water and Energy efficiency has earned Cal State University Dominguez Hills (CSU Dominguez Hills) one of West Basin’s first Water Reliability 2020 Awards. Download Press Release
04/22/2009 Turn Your Yard Into a 'Smart', Money-Saving Landscape at West Basin's First Landscape Expo
03/13/2009 Students Experience Water Careers in Annual Job Shadow Day at West Basin Water Recycling Facility
2008
11/18/2008 L.A. City Councilwoman Janice Hahn Visits Water Recycling Facility, Tastes Recycled Water
11/06/2008 West Basin's Solar Powered System Produces More Power, Performs Beyond Expectation in First Year
08/18/2008 Veterans, Little League, and Children's Group Recognized for Volunteer Efforts by Director Gloria...
01/14/2008 Temporary Ocean-Water Desalination Demonstration Plant Proceeds at SEARLab in Redondo Beach
2007
03/08/2007 West Basin Honored for Community Outreach Efforts District Programs Receive Prestigious Water...