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Water Reservoirs – Storing Water for our Communities

Have you ever wondered what that giant tank on the hill was? You are looking at a water tank reservoir storing water for your community. Water reservoirs are a means to store both drinking (potable) and non-drinking water (non-potable). Reservoirs can be in the form of a lake or tank. Beneath the ground you can also find natural underground reservoirs where water is stored until it can be pumped, treated (cleaned) and… Read More

Category: City Water Services, Everything, Is tap water safe?, Recycled Water, Reservoir, Safe Tap Water, Tank Reservoir, Water Storage Tags: Eastern Municipal Water District, EMWD, IEUA, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Perris Hill Reservoir, Reservoir, San Bernardino Municipal Water District, Water Storage, Western Municipal Water District, WMWD

Tap vs. Bottled – a Water Scientist Explains

Women in Water with Brenda Meyer, Principal Engineer at Western Municipal This was a question Brenda Meyer, principal engineer for Western Municipal Water District, never thought about growing up. Her childhood was spent on a small farm in rural Idaho. “We had a well and all of our drinking water was untreated groundwater,” she recalled. “We would never have conceived of buying water in a bottle.” Brenda says her parents would be… Read More

Category: Ask an Expert, Bottled v. Tap, bottled water, Careers in Water, Everything, From the Experts, Safe Tap Water, Safe Water, tap water, Tap Water Safety, Water Quality, Water Safety Tags: bottled water, water, Western Municipal Water District, women in science