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UPDATED: MPWMD asks state to allow new water meters on the Monterey Peninsula.
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UPDATED: MPWMD asks state to allow new water meters on the Monterey Peninsula.

  • David Schmalz
  • Oct 21, 2025

UPDATE — Oct. 21, 11am: The MPWMD board voted unanimously Oct. 20 to ask the State Water Board to modify the state's cease-and-desist order ag…

MPWMD hires first-ever assistant general manager.
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MPWMD hires first-ever assistant general manager.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 17, 2025

The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District announced today, March 17, that Mike McCullough is coming on as assistant general manager, a …

The drip continues in MPWMD's efforts to buyout Cal Am.
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The drip continues in MPWMD's efforts to buyout Cal Am.

  • David Schmalz
  • Dec 21, 2023

It’s been an eventful few months for the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District in its yearslong effort to potentially buyout the local …

Fall is the season to count and tag juvenile steelhead on the Carmel River. This year was a good one, but the species remains in decline.
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Fall is the season to count and tag juvenile steelhead on the Carmel River. This year was a good one, but the species remains in decline.

  • David Schmalz
  • Nov 9, 2023

Just past 9am on a mid-October weekday, a small team of employees from the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District begin staging equipmen…

MPWMD board votes to initiate eminent domain proceedings to buy out Cal Am’s local system.
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MPWMD board votes to initiate eminent domain proceedings to buy out Cal Am’s local system.

  • David Schmalz
  • Oct 12, 2023

It’s not the beginning, or the end – it’s the middle of the middle.

State water board flags potable water use on Peninsula golf courses.
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State water board flags potable water use on Peninsula golf courses.

  • Kera Abraham
  • Apr 10, 2015

A news story in this week’s print edition looks at local golf course water use, especially in light of Gov. Jerry Brown’s order to force 25-pe…

Lewis Keeps Her Seat on Peninsula Water Board; Thayer Wins After Withdrawing
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Lewis Keeps Her Seat on Peninsula Water Board; Thayer Wins After Withdrawing

  • Kera Abraham
  • Nov 6, 2013

Late Election Night, with all precincts counted, incumbent Brenda Lewis is well ahead of challenger Dean Provence in Seaside-centric District …

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