Today marks the 54th year of Earth Day observations. The day honors the importance of conservation initiatives to protect the environment. Global warming has now become a burning issue, raising awareness among mankind.So long it has been believed that global warming leads to climate change causing drought in one region and flood in others. But as an eye-opener, economists have come up with the theory that global warming can cause job losses, recessions and even a tumbling stock market.This makes it importan ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Water Service Group (Group) (NYSE:CWT) reaffirmed its commitment to investing an estimated $215 million in PFAS treatment and to working as quickly as possible to complete planned projects, despite a decision today by the California Public Utilities Commission to dismiss California Water Service's (Cal Water's) application requesting authorization to modify a previously approved PFAS-expense memorandum account to include capital investments rel ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Water Service (Cal Water) confirmed today that its water systems will meet the new state maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 10 parts per billion (ppb) for chromium-6, which was adopted today by the State Water Resources Control Board. Cal Water developed and installed treatment for the contaminant in its impacted water systems in Dixon, Oak Hills (Salinas), Las Lomas (Salinas), and Willows when the same chromium-6 MCL, which was subsequently va ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) adoption of a new National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) today (new PFAS regulation), California Water Service Group (Group) (NYSE:CWT) confirmed that it believes its subsidiaries are well positioned to treat potentially impacted water sources and to meet the EPA's five-year compliance timeline. Under the new PFAS regulation, EPA establish ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With financial impacts of COVID-19 felt by California Water Service (Cal Water) customers well past the height of the pandemic, Cal Water applied for and has received more than $83.0 million through the California Extended Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program (Extended Program) to relieve residential and commercial customers of past-due balances incurred during the pandemic. The Extended Program, administered by the State Water Resources Control ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) today announced that its 2024 first quarter earnings results will be released at 9:00 a.m. ET with its earnings conference call to follow at 11:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 25, 2024. All stockholders and interested investors are invited to attend the conference call. To attend, please dial 1-800-715-9871 or 1-646-307-1963 and key in ID# 8751121, or you may access the live audio webcast at https://edge.media-serve ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Water Service Group (NYSE: CWT) today announced that its 2024 first quarter earnings results will be released at 9:00 a.m. ET with its earnings conference call to follow at 11:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 25, 2024. All stockholders and interested investors are invited to attend the conference call. To attend, please dial 1-800-715-9871 or 1-646-307-1963 and key in ID# 8751121, or you may access the live audio webcast at https://edge.media-serv ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- California Water Service Group (Group) (NYSE:CWT) today announced its commitment to reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 63% by 2035 from a 2021 base year, a target which is science-aligned and supports limiting global temperature increases to 1.5-degree Celsius above preindustrial levels. According to Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer Martin A. Kropelnicki, Group took a thoughtful, data-driven approach, partnering ...

The Zacks Utility - Water Supply industry includes companies that are involved in providing drinking water and wastewater services to industrial, commercial and residential customer classes, along with numerous military bases across the country.A continuous and uninterrupted supply of clean potable water and reliable sewer services are essential for healthy and hygienic living. Water utilities across the United States are silently doing this critical task day in and day out to meet the increasing demand of ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a decision on March 7, 2024 on the 2021 General Rate Case and Infrastructure Improvement Plan for California Water Service (Cal Water), the largest subsidiary of California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT). The decision marks the end of an extensive review of the utility's water system improvement plans, costs, and rates. The decision adopts a revised version of the alternate proposed decision issued ...