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The Inner Circle Acknowledges James Geisbush as a Top Pinnacle Professional for his contributions to the Engineering Field

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Friday, October 27, 2023
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GLENDALE, Ariz., Oct. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, James Geisbush is acknowledged as a Top Pinnacle Professional for his contributions to the Engineering Field.

Key Points: 
  • GLENDALE, Ariz., Oct. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, James Geisbush is acknowledged as a Top Pinnacle Professional for his contributions to the Engineering Field.
  • Mr. Geisbush began his scholarship journey at Washington State University in 1990 where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.
  • Mr. Geisbush has exceptional experience in the field of Civil Engineering.
  • Adding to his diverse work history, Mr. Geisbush began his engineering career with the U.S. Navy in facilities maintenance.

Global Water Resources Celebrates 20-Years of Providing Award-Winning Total Water Management to Arizona Communities

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Monday, October 16, 2023
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PHOENIX, Oct. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Water Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: GWRS), a pure-play water resource management company, celebrates its 20 year anniversary of providing Total Water Management (TWM) to Arizona communities.

Key Points: 
  • PHOENIX, Oct. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Water Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: GWRS), a pure-play water resource management company, celebrates its 20 year anniversary of providing Total Water Management (TWM) to Arizona communities.
  • Global Water’s award-winning TWM helps protect water supplies in water-scarce areas experiencing population growth in major metro growth corridors around Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona.
  • Global Water’s total active residential, commercial and industrial connections recently reached more than 60,000, making it one of the largest integrated water and wastewater service providers in the state.
  • Global Water’s TWM approach helps preserve groundwater resources and supports long-term water supply planning, which includes Arizona’s 100-year assured water supply requirement for new subdivisions.

Woolpert Contracted to Collect Lidar Data and Imagery of Central California River for U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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Monday, September 18, 2023
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has tasked Woolpert with collecting topographic and bathymetric lidar data and hydrographic imagery for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program. The SJRRP is a comprehensive, long-term effort to restore flows to the San Joaquin River and to rebuild a self-sustaining Chinook salmon fishery in the river.

Key Points: 
  • SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has tasked Woolpert with collecting topographic and bathymetric lidar data and hydrographic imagery for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program.
  • The SJRRP is a comprehensive, long-term effort to restore flows to the San Joaquin River and to rebuild a self-sustaining Chinook salmon fishery in the river.
  • Under the task order, Woolpert will collect 7 miles of aerial lidar data and 23 miles of vessel-based hydrographic imagery.
  • "With the acquisition of eTrac in 2022, Woolpert gained the capability to collect vessel-based hydrographic data and conduct marine survey," Woolpert Program Director David Neff said.

Global Water Resources Reports Second Quarter 2023 Results and Surpasses 60,000 Connections

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Thursday, August 10, 2023
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PHOENIX, Aug. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Water Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: GWRS), a pure-play water resource management company, reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • PHOENIX, Aug. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Water Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: GWRS), a pure-play water resource management company, reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
  • “In Q2, we continued to generate top-line growth and increased adjusted EBITDA over the same year-ago period,” commented Global Water Resources president and CEO, Ron Fleming.
  • 78644, new connections associated with the acquisition of Farmers Water Co. (Farmers) in February 2023, and year over year organic growth in connections.
  • Global Water Resources will hold a conference call tomorrow to discuss its second quarter 2023 results, including a question-and-answer period.

Removing dams from the Klamath River is a step toward justice for Native Americans in Northern California

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
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The Klamath River runs over 250 miles (400 kilometers) from southern Oregon to the Pacific Ocean in Northern California.

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  • The Klamath River runs over 250 miles (400 kilometers) from southern Oregon to the Pacific Ocean in Northern California.
  • Closer to its mouth at Requa, the trees rising above the river are often blanketed in fog.
  • The Klamath is central to the worldviews, history and identity of several Native nations.
  • From headwaters in Klamath, Modoc and Yahooskin-Paiute lands, it flows through Shasta, Karuk, Hupa and Yurok homelands.

People, fish and infrastructure

    • Resident fishes of the upper Klamath are highly endemic, meaning that they do not occur anywhere else in the world.
    • Many fishes, particularly Chinook salmon, steelhead and coho salmon, annually migrated to or near the headwaters of the Klamath River to spawn.
    • Dam building ushered in a new phase of attempted removal for tribes whose lives and cultures were centered along the rivers.

Declining fisheries

    • Permitting processes in the heyday of Western dam construction did not consider impacts on Indigenous nations or fisheries.
    • Construction of Copco 1 blocked all fish migration to the Klamath’s upper reaches starting in 1912.
    • Subsequently, Copco 2, J.C. Boyle and Iron Gate dams further shortened fish migrations, cutting off access to approximately 400 miles (650 kilometers) of productive spawning and rearing habitat.
    • The Coho salmon, shortnose sucker, Lost River sucker, bull trout and euchalon all are federally listed as threatened or endangered.

Impacts on tribal nations

    • Development in the Klamath Basin has pitted agricultural interests against tribal nations and fish, particularly during dry years.
    • Losing salmon along the Klamath is traumatic for Native nations, which see the fish as a cultural and spiritual keystone.
    • For them, working to remove the dams and protect the salmon is a commitment and a responsibility.
    • These salmon are a direct tie to my ancestors – the physical representation of their love for me.
    • According to the Winters doctrine, established in a 1908 Supreme Court ruling, tribal water rights extend back to the dates when reservations were created.

Welcoming salmon home

    • Fish population responses will probably vary, particularly during the first several years after removal.
    • However, salmon and trout have evolved to migrate upstream and access important headwater spawning and rearing habitats.
    • In Yurok restoration engineer Brook Thompson’s words, “We’re all focused on finding solutions to bringing our salmon back home and creating a healthy life for them.

Colorado River states bought time with a 3-year water conservation deal – now they need to think bigger

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Saturday, May 27, 2023
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Arizona, California and Nevada have narrowly averted a regional water crisis by agreeing to reduce their use of Colorado River water over the next three years.

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  • Arizona, California and Nevada have narrowly averted a regional water crisis by agreeing to reduce their use of Colorado River water over the next three years.
  • Nonetheless, as a close observer of western water policy, I see it as an important win for the region.
  • Seven western states – Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California – and Mexico rely on water from the Colorado River for irrigation for 5.5 million acres and drinking water for 40 million people.
  • We now know, thanks to tree-ring science, that its framers wildly overestimated how much water the river contained on a reliable basis.

Overallocated and shrinking

    • First, the 1922 Colorado River Compact and other elements of the Law of the River dole out rights to more water than the river provides.
    • Second, a historic drought that commenced in 2000 has caused water levels in the reservoirs to plummet by 75%.
    • Third, climate change has reduced the flow in the river by more than 1 million acre-feet.
    • The message to states was clear: If you can’t reach a consensus, we’ll act to protect the river.

Will payments promote long-term conservation?

    • The states have agreed to reduce their consumption of Colorado River water by 3 million acre-feet by 2026, which represents about 14% of their combined allocations.
    • This pact temporarily protects water supplies for cities, farmers and tribes.
    • I expect that water reallocation, with water moving from lower-value to higher-value uses, will play a key role.
    • Water marketing – negotiating voluntary sales or leases of water – is a tool to facilitate that transition.

Negotiation, not litigation

    • These discussions will be more painful because federal funding will expire and cuts will be more severe.
    • Thus far, the Upper Basin states – Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico – have not had to endure significant water use cuts.
    • But litigation is a lengthy, costly process fraught with uncertainty.

Metropolitan Issues Statement on Lower Basin Plan for Interim Operations of Colorado River

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Monday, May 22, 2023
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Metropolitan Water District of Southern California issues the following statements on the submission of a consensus Lower Basin Plan to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as an action alternative under the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for revised interim operation of the Colorado River through 2026:

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  • Metropolitan Water District of Southern California issues the following statements on the submission of a consensus Lower Basin Plan to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as an action alternative under the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for revised interim operation of the Colorado River through 2026:
    “The consensus alternative agreed to with our partners across the Lower Basin will produce exactly the short-term stability to the Colorado River system we need.
  • We are grateful Reclamation has agreed to analyze this consensus plan, and we are hopeful it will emerge as the preferred alternative.
  • “This plan calls for all Colorado River water users to share in the effort to use less water.
  • We must continue that collaborative and cooperative approach as we begin the critical work ahead.”
    Director Gloria Cordero, Colorado River Board of California board member representing Metropolitan Water District:
    “We appreciate the teamwork and unity of our California partners and collaboration throughout the Colorado River Basin.

ACWA Supports California Water Agencies’ Colorado River Proposal

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Executive Director Dave Eggerton released the following statement today in support of California water agencies’ proposed modeling framework to reduce Colorado River water usage in the Basin.

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  • SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Executive Director Dave Eggerton released the following statement today in support of California water agencies’ proposed modeling framework to reduce Colorado River water usage in the Basin.
  • “ACWA stands united with California water agencies in their proposed approach to achieve water use reductions while supporting 40 million people and nearly 6 million acres of farmland that depend on the Colorado River.
  • California has and will continue to lead the way in reducing reliance on Colorado River supplies, with agencies working together over the last 15 years to keep more than 1.5 million acre-feet of water in Lake Mead; investing billions of dollars in urban and agricultural water conservation, saving millions of acre-feet of Colorado River water in the last decade; and making historic investments in the development of local water supplies with some of the largest water reuse projects ever contemplated in the world.
  • “ACWA offers its support as California’s agricultural and urban water agencies and tribes continue to work together with the other basin state partners to develop a consensus-based approach to managing the very challenging drought conditions on the Colorado River for the benefit of the state’s communities, businesses and farms.”

Aris Water Solutions, Inc. Acquires Water Treatment Technologies from Water Standard and Appoints Lisa Henthorne as Chief Scientist

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Thursday, October 27, 2022
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Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: ARIS) (Aris, Aris Water, or the Company) announced today that it has acquired certain intellectual property rights and related proprietary treatment technologies and assets from Water Standard Management (US), Inc. (Water Standard) that support and accelerate the advanced treatment and beneficial reuse of produced water in the Permian Basin.

Key Points: 
  • Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: ARIS) (Aris, Aris Water, or the Company) announced today that it has acquired certain intellectual property rights and related proprietary treatment technologies and assets from Water Standard Management (US), Inc. (Water Standard) that support and accelerate the advanced treatment and beneficial reuse of produced water in the Permian Basin.
  • Additionally, Aris and Water Standard have agreed to collaborate in the future on certain advanced water treatment projects which draw on each partys demonstrated expertise and capabilities.
  • Aris is also pleased to announce the appointment of Lisa Henthorne as Chief Scientist for Aris.
  • Ms. Henthorne will continue to collaborate with Water Standard on certain advanced water treatment projects utilizing its differentiated technologies and designs.

Metropolitan General Manager Issues Statement on Need to Respond to Declining Colorado River Conditions

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022
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Adel Hagekhalil, general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, issues the following statement on U.S Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Toutons testimony today before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on the severity of the Colorado River drought and need for short- and long-term drought solutions across the West:

Key Points: 
  • Adel Hagekhalil, general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, issues the following statement on U.S Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Toutons testimony today before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on the severity of the Colorado River drought and need for short- and long-term drought solutions across the West:
    The worsening conditions on the Colorado River represent the extraordinary strain the historically dry conditions are having on water resources across the state and the Southwest.
  • Together with our partners on the river, weve invested billions of dollars to slow the decline of the Colorado River system reservoirs.
  • The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a state-established cooperative that, along with its 26 cities and retail suppliers, provides water for 19 million people in six counties.
  • The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other resource-management programs.