Business brief

The Assn. of California Water Agencies presented an award to a local

water agency at its conference in Anaheim.

The Irvine Ranch Water District was given the Theodore Roosevelt

Environmental Award for its San Diego Creek Diversion and Natural

Treatment System project. The project involved restoration of the San

Joaquin Marsh and the direction of water flow from San Diego Creek

through the marsh.Water district general manager Paul Jones said the

project had helped to reduce summer algae blooms in Newport’s Back Bay.

The Assn. of California Water Agencies is a statewide organization

whose members handle ninety percent of the water delivered in California.