Press Releases

Press Releases/Media Advisories - 2024

Description Date
Consultant settles fraud allegations involving state Underground Storage Tank Fund 12/09/2024
Oil refinery companies agree to pay $9.8 million for site cleanup 07/18/2024
Los Angeles Water Board introduces expedited enforcement of municipal stormwater violations 02/07/2024
Los Angeles County sanitation districts to pay $6 million for multiple sewage spills 02/06/2024
Southern California consulting firm agrees to pay $150,000 to resolve multiple fraud allegations 01/22/2024

Press Releases/Media Advisories - 2023

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Los Angeles Water Board selects Susana Arredondo as its new executive officer 04/13/2023
Los Angeles Water Board proposes $21.7 million penalty for sewage spill at Hyperion facility 04/03/2023

Press Releases/Media Advisories - 2022

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Water Boards and City of Santa Monica celebrate opening of water recycling facilities 12/09/2022
Southern California developers could face $1.9 million fine for stormwater permit violations 09/09/2022
Los Angeles Water Board approves MOU that holds Boeing accountable for cleanup 08/11/2022
The Los Angeles Water Board proposes historic $17 million in penalties related to the Dominguez Channel hydrogen sulfide odor incident. En Español 07/15/2022
California holds Boeing accountable for cleanup at toxic Santa Susana Field Laboratory
Comprehensive framework sets stage for stringent cleanup of Boeing’s areas of responsibility at the site.		 05/09/2022

Press Releases/Media Advisories - 2021

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Los Angeles Water Board reaches settlements with four companies for waste discharge violations 12/22/2021
The Los Angeles Water Board issues a cease and desist, investigative orders directing the owner of a warehouse in Gardena to stop discharging contaminants from a fire12/14/2021
State Water Board celebrates City of Maywood groundwater filtration system 11/18/2021
Redondo Beach Coastal Power Plant Granted Extension 10/21/2021
The State Water Board approved measures that will restore instream flows to Mono Lake tributaries 10/08/2021
LA Water Board Adopted a new MS4 permit that sets limits on pollution that is discharged from storm drains 07/28/2021
Settlement reached but monitoring continues of crude oil release in Ventura County watershed $330,218 in fines will be deposited in the Waste Discharge Permit Fund
06/30/2021

Press Releases/Media Advisories - 2020

Description Date
Skypark Commercial Properties (Site Cleanup Program No. 1499) – Draft Cleanup and Abatement Order
11/30/2020

Press Releases/Media Advisories - 2019

Description Date
$6 Million Settlement Reached With Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for Underground Storage Tank Violations
03/11/2019

Press Releases/Media Advisories - 2018

Description Date
$2.2 Million Settlement Reached in 2015 Hyperion Treatment Plant Sewage Spill
04/19/2018
Los Angeles Water Board Names Deborah Smith as New Executive Officer
3/26/2018

Press Releases/Media Advisories - 2017

Description Date
L.A. Regional Water Board, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Reach Settlement Over Clean Water Act Violations
7/24/2017
Harmful Cyanobacteria Detected in Long Beach Park Ponds; Caution Urged with Contact by Pets and Children 4/20/2017
State Water Board Adopts Climate Change Resolution 3/14/2017

Press Releases/Media Advisories - 2016

Description Date
City of Industry to Pay $5 Million for Unpermitted Dredging in the San Gabriel River at Follows Camp 12/08/2016
City of Compton to Pay Penalty, Upgrade Sanitary Sewer System for Discharging Raw Sewage Into Local Waterway 10/11/2016
Public Notice - Approval of Revised West Drainage Channel Master Plan, Sunshine Canyon City/County Landfill, Sylmar, California 09/14/2016
  • Notice of Entry of Consent Judgment Pursuant to Stipulation entered into by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board and the City of San Gabriel
    		• 05/03/2016
    L.A. Regional Water Board Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Clean Water Act Violations 02/18/2016
    Notice of Entry of Judgment for Consent Judgment Pursuant to Stipulation entered into by the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region, and the City of Alhambra 02/04/2016

    Press Releases/Media Advisories - 2015

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    L.A. Regional Water Board Proposes $5.75 Million Penalty Against City of Industry for Water Quality Violations 11/02/2015
    Los Angeles Water Board Action Speeds City of Oxnard Recycled Water Effort to provide non potable water to local Agriculture 07/09/2015
    State Water Board Adopts Order Providing Framework for Stormwater Capture and Use in Los Angeles 06/16/2015
    Los Angeles County Flood Control District receives $99,000 Penalty for Violating Clean Water Act 05/19/2015

    Press Releases/Media Advisories - 2014

    Description Date
    State Water Board Approves Revised Plan to Restore Marina del Rey Harbor 09/09/14
    Los Angeles Water Board Takes Action to Expedite Groundwater Cleanups, Generating Up to 90,000 Acre-Feet of Potable Water 07/10/14
    Los Angeles Water Board Takes Action to Increase Efficiency of the State's Oldest Water Recycling Project 04/11/14
    Los Angeles Water Board Approves Recycled Water Project to Save 3 Million Gallons of Potable Water Per Day - Enough for 7,000 Homes 03/06/14
    Regional Board Sets Cleanup Goals, Directs Shell Oil to Submit Remedial Action Plan 01/23/14

    Press Releases/Media Advisories - 2013

    Description Date
    Los Angeles Board Refers Santitary Sewer Permit Violations In Three Cities to State Attorney General's Office 10/14/13
    Coastal Commission Beach Cleanup Sept. 21: Volunteers Pitch In For A Better Coastline 09/17/13