Enforcement News Releases – 2021


Conservation Date
Cannabis cultivation company settles with Colorado River Basin Water Board for illegal discharges
$125,000 fine will renovate city’s water supply infrastructure
03/09/2021

Drinking Water Date
 

Water Quality Violations Date
Settlement reached with sewer district that had hundreds of raw sewage spills 12/29/2021
Los Angeles Water Board reaches settlements with four companies for waste discharge violations
$411,282 will be deposited in state’s cleanup account
12/22/2021
Global real estate company agrees to pay $565,304 for unauthorized discharges at construction site
Exeter reaches settlement with Santa Ana Water Board
09/29/2021
Imperial Irrigation District settlement leads to water quality upgrade for disadvantaged households
$549,000 fine will be used to provide Point of Entry water treatment
09/20/2021
Monterey One Water to pay $800,000 for discharges of untreated wastewater into Monterey Bay 08/17/2021
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
San Diego Water Board orders federal treatment plant to stop discharge permit violations
Agency also directed to make repairs at wastewater border facility
06/29/2021
PG&E settlement for once-through-cooling discharges at Diablo Canyon nuclear plant 06/22/2021
Court decision upholds $2.8 million fine, clears path for long-awaited restoration of Point Buckler Island
Unauthorized levee construction considered brazen and harmful
06/17/2021
Laguna Beach reaches $1.5 million settlement for wastewater collection system failure 06/09/2021
Pistachio processing facility in Tulare County will pay $221,440 fine for odor violations 06/07/2021
$2.5 million settlement reached for Mule Creek State Prison violations of Clean Water Act 03/29/2021
City of Colfax agrees to settlement for Bunch Creek sewage spill 03/26/2021
Sumiden Wire Co. agrees to settlement in industrial wastewater discharge case 03/11/2021

Water Rights Date
Nestle told to cease unauthorized diversions in San Bernardino National Forest
State Water Board investigation finds multiple violations
04/23/2021

Underground Storage Tank Violations Date
 

Fraud, Waste, & Abuse Prevention Date