Posts Tagged: California Water Association

Attempt to take over Cal-Am is a gross overreach

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by JENNIFER CAPITOLO posted 02.07.2025

OPINION – The Monterey Peninsula’s water system is extensive — made up of 680 miles of pipeline and 100 water storage tanks — and provides reliable service to 100,000 residents and businesses throughout the region. Unfortunately, a planning agency that has never managed or operated a water system is distracting Cal-Am from the important business of planning for the future by attempting a hostile takeover of the water system. 

Memo to lawmakers: Our future demands good water infrastructure

A cement pipe near the Sunnyvale Water Pollution Control Plant. (Photo: Sundry Photography)

by JENNIFER CAPITOLO posted 09.23.2022

OPINION: California’s investor-owned water providers remain focused on delivering safe, reliable, and affordable water service to 7 million people; essential to sustaining communities, the economy, and our food supply. All this is at risk as California experiences the third straight year of severe drought, the driest period in 1,200 year