State High Court Rejects Legal Challenges by Cities of Downey, Signal Hill and Cerritos, the Central Basin Municipal Water District and Tesoro Oil Company The California State Supreme Court delivered an important legal victory to the Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) and to district ratepayers when it rejected appeals by the Central Basin [...]

On Friday, May 4, 2012, the Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD), which provides groundwater for more than 10% of the state’s population, decided NOT to increase its groundwater pumping rates for the next fiscal year. Avoiding a water rate increase is a sharp contrast to the 5% to 28% increases in other water rates [...]

Federal funds secured by WRD to construct a vital groundwater monitoring well insuring safe water The Water Replenishment District of Southern California’s (WRD) groundwater monitoring well in the City of Bell across from the Bell Community Center, continues to insure groundwater safety for Bell residents. In 2009, WRD worked with Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard to secure [...]

WRD Named recycled water agency of the year For its cumulative efforts, contributions and recycled water projects over 50 years   On March 27, 2012, the WateReuse California Association awarded the Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) its Recycled Water Agency of the Year – Large Award for 2012. This selection was made by the 2012 [...]