Cal Water and local agencies hold meeting to boost emergency response strategies
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Cal Water held its annual emergency operations meeting in Chico on Tuesday to share strategies and tactics for response scenarios.
Cal Water is working to make sure people in Chico have safe drinking water
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Cal Water has begun work on a water infrastructure project that will improve water supply reliability as well as fire protection in Northwest Chico. The project includes installation of about 3,500 fett of new 8-inch and 6-inch water mains with four new fire hydrants.
Cal Water begins project to enhance fire safety by upgrading 70-year-old Chico water main
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Cal Water has begun work on a water infrastructure project that will improve water supply reliability as well as fire protection in Northwest Chico. The project includes installation of about 3,500 fett of new 8-inch and 6-inch water mains with four new fire hydrants.
California Water Service makes huge donation to CHiPs for Kids
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Posted December 15, 2023. Cal Water partnered with CHiPs for our eighth year and donated $10,000 to the CHiPs For Kids Toy Drive in support of the East Los Angeles Community.
Cal Water Season of Service Kicks Off in Bay Area
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Posted October 27, 2023. Cal Water employees volunteer with Second Harvest in San Jose as well as other locations throughout California to give back during the ‘Season of Service’.
Cal Water Season of Service Kicks Off in Butte County
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Posted October 27, 2023. Cal Water employees volunteer with the Chico Boys & Girls Club as well as other locations throughout California to give back during the ‘Season of Service’.
City of Rolling Hills Estates and Cal Water Partner To Create A Drought-Tolerant Model
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Posted May 17, 2023. Cal Water partners with the city of Rolling Hills Estates to turn the turf area around city hall into drought tolerant landscaping.
Chico Housing Action Team’s Everhart Village Project Recieves 200K Grant From Cal Water
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Posted April 03, 2023. Cal Water funds Chico Housing Action Team’s Everhart Village Project.
CHiPs For KIDS: Cal Water donates 4,000 toys
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Posted December 16, 2022. Cal Water partnered with CHiPs for our seventh year and donated over 4,000 toys to the East LA community.
Establishing a statewide low-income assistance program for water bills makes sense. Yes on SB 222.
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SB 222 would establish a state Water Rate Assistance Program to provide water affordability assistance for both drinking and wastewater services to low-income ratepayers experiencing economic hardships, according to Shannon Dean in the Bakersfield Californian.