Metropolitan Water District

West Basin Increases Popular Grass Replacement Rebate to $3 Per Square Foot

June 25, 2019

Beginning July 1, the West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) will add one dollar to the popular Turf Replacement Program rebate offered by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). ... read more »

‘Power, Leadership, and Influence of the Black Woman’ A Stellar Success

March 28, 2019

‘An audience of powerful women celebrating other powerful women’ ... read more »

South LA Teachers Participate in Environmental Institute

March 22, 2019

Dr. Erango Kelbisow (right), science teacher at Middle College School in South Los Angeles, blows CO2 into a cup causing the acid base indicator in water to change color as his colleague teacher Dayna Haray from the same school watches. This process mimics acidification caused by increased CO2 in the air related to climate change. Both teachers were participating in the first of three eight-hour sessions in the Environmental Teacher Institute held at LADWP headquarters in downtown. ... read more »

Meet the Decision Makers: Leaders on the Move

February 28, 2019

This event honored L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Metropolitan Water District Chairwoman Gloria Gray & LADOT Asst. General Manager, Monique Earl ... read more »

Gloria Gray Elected First African American Woman to Chair MWD Board

January 17, 2019

Her latest achievement is first Black to lead MWD Board ... read more »

The African American Appointments For 2018

December 27, 2018

Here is a list of the African American appointments for the year of 2018 ... read more »

Festivalgoers ‘Felt the Love’ at the 13th Annual Taste of Soul

October 25, 2018

Saturday, October 20, marked 13 years of the largest street festival in Southern California and the Taste of Soul (TOS) nation still hasn’t come down from the festival high! ... read more »

Behind the Taste of Soul: Meet the Chairs, Co-Chairs, Sponsors & Partners Who Continue to Make the Taste of Soul Family a Success

October 18, 2018

For 12 years in a row, Taste of Soul has continued to provide all things soulful and be an economic driver in the Black community because of the chairs, co-chairs, partners and sponsors who support the event and its mission. ... read more »

West Basin Director Gloria D. Gray Becomes First African American Chairwoman of the Largest Urban Water Supplier in the Nation

October 11, 2018

In a vote by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) Board of Directors, West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) Director Gloria D. Gray was elected to serve as chairwoman of the MWD board. ... read more »

Bakewell Media Presents the 13th Annual Taste of Soul

September 27, 2018

Bakewell Media presents the 13th Annual Taste of Soul Family Festival, in partnership with Mothers in Action and produced by the Los Angeles Sentinel on Saturday, October 20, 2018 from 10am-7pm on historic Crenshaw Blvd. ... read more »

GLAAACC Hosts Women In The C-Suite

September 20, 2018

Despite accounting for 19 percent of the U.S. population, women of color occupy a mere 3 percent of the senior executive or “C-suite” positions in Fortune 500 companies, ... read more »