About Us

Laser Focus World is an industry bedrock—first published in 1965 and still going strong. We publish original articles about cutting-edge advances in lasers, optics, photonics, sensors, and quantum technologies, as well as test and measurement, and the shift currently underway to usher in the photonic integrated circuits, optical interconnects, and copackaged electronics and photonics to deliver the speed and efficiency essential for data centers of the future.

Our 80,000 qualified print subscribers—and 130,000 12-month engaged online audience—trust us to dive in and provide original journalism you won’t find elsewhere covering key emerging areas such as laser-driven inertial confinement fusion, lasers in space, integrated photonics, chipscale lasers, LiDAR, metasurfaces, high-energy laser weaponry, photonic crystals, and quantum computing/sensors/communications. We cover the innovations driving these markets.

Laser Focus World is part of Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B.

Laser Focus World Membership

Never miss any articles, videos, podcasts, or webinars by signing up for membership access to Laser Focus World online. You can manage your preferences all in one place—and provide our editorial team with your valued feedback.

Magazine Subscription

Can you subscribe to receive our print issue for free? Yes, you sure can!

Newsletter Subscription

A Laser Focus World newsletter subscription is free to qualified professionals:

The Daily Beam

Showcases the newest content from Laser Focus World, including photonics- and optics-based applications, components, research, and trends. (Daily)

Product Watch

The latest in products within the photonics industry. (9x per year)

Bio & Life Sciences Product Watch

The latest in products within the biophotonics industry. (4x per year)

Laser Processing Product Watch

The latest in products within the laser processing industry. (3x per year)

Get Published!

If you’d like to write an article for us, reach out with a short pitch to Sally Cole Johnson: [email protected]. We love to hear from you.

Photonics Hot List

Laser Focus World produces a video newscast that gives a peek into what’s happening in the world of photonics.

Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast

Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast dives deep into the fascinating world of photonics. Our weekly episodes feature interviews and discussions with industry and research experts, providing valuable perspectives on the issues, technologies, and trends shaping the photonics community.

Social Media

Bluesky • Facebook • Instagram • LinkedIn • YouTube

Meet the Laser Focus World Team

Editorial

Sales

Editorial Advisory Board

  • Professor Andrea M. Armani, University of Southern California
  • Ruti Ben-Shlomi, Ph.D., LightSolver
  • James Butler, Ph.D., Hamamatsu
  • Natalie Fardian-Melamed, Ph.D., Columbia University
  • Justin Sigley, Ph.D., AmeriCOM
  • Professor Birgit Stiller, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, and Leibniz University of Hannover
  • Professor Stephen Sweeney, University of Glasgow
  • Mohan Wang, Ph.D., University of Oxford
  • Professor Xuchen Wang, Harbin Engineering University
  • Professor Stefan Witte, Delft University of Technology
My Watchlist
Indicators
Industrial Laser Index
Markets
Stocks
ETFs
Tools
Markets:
Overview
News
Currencies
International
Treasuries

Metropolitan Advances Project to Deliver New Water Supplies to Communities Hit Hardest by Drought

By: via Business Wire

Board funds $17 million project to improve delivery of water to cities dependent on State Water Project

Construction will begin soon on the first of several projects to bring additional water to Southern California communities hit hardest by the state’s record drought, following a vote by Metropolitan Water District’s Board of Directors this week to award a contract for the project’s construction.

The suite of projects will reengineer Metropolitan’s water delivery system to help bring much-needed water from Metropolitan’s Diamond Valley Lake – the largest reservoir in Southern California – to parts of eastern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County that have been under unprecedented mandatory conservation measures since last June because of limited access to water supplies.

Southern California imports about half of the water used in the region from the Northern Sierra, through the State Water Project, and the Colorado River. But because of infrastructure limitations, some communities – home to more than 6 million people – are heavily dependent on State Water Project supplies. And when the drought slashed these supplies, they were required to dramatically reduce their use.

“Millions of people in these areas have been disproportionately affected by the drought. That is not acceptable. Conservation is critical, but it can’t be our only tool,” Metropolitan General Manager Adel Hagekhalil said. “Everyone should benefit from Metropolitan’s diverse supplies and storage, but right now, about one-third of our region can only access one imported water source. This project is a part of our commitment to fixing that.”

“Regardless of whether the winter storms currently hitting the state are sufficient to relieve the immediate drought crisis, California will certainly face drought conditions in the future. We must make the necessary investments now to ensure sustainable water supplies for everyone,” Hagekhalil added.

Metropolitan’s board voted Tuesday (Jan. 10) to award a $14.8 million contract to Steve P. Rados, Inc. for the project’s construction, along with internal expenditures totaling an additional $2.4 million. Construction of the project, a bypass pipeline from Diamond Valley Lake’s Wadsworth Pumping Plant, is expected to be completed by mid-2024.

It is the first of four planned projects that will together carry water from Diamond Valley Lake – and potentially the Colorado River – to the Rialto Pipeline, which serves the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Three Valleys Municipal Water District, and Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District. The three agencies are among Metropolitan’s six member agencies that are SWP-dependent and therefore under Metropolitan’s emergency drought restrictions limiting outdoor watering to one day a week or setting volumetric limits on use.

Though they won’t directly receive water from this series of projects, the investment will also benefit the three other SWP-dependent agencies – Calleguas Municipal Water District, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power – by making limited state project supplies more available to them, Hagekhalil said. In addition, Metropolitan is also developing actions to ensure more water supply reliability for all SWP-dependent communities, including investing in storage, local supplies and improvements in system flexibility, allowing water to be captured when it is available and stored or moved to where it is needed most.

“As climate change upends the availability of our imported water supplies, we need to think differently about how we produce, capture, move and store water. We need to make investments big and small,” Hagekhalil said.

Contacts

More News

View More
Palantir’s New Healthcare Deal Boosts AI and Data Reach
Via MarketBeat
Topics Artificial Intelligence
Tickers ONMD PLTR
GM's Billion-Dollar Bruise: GM's Strategic Pivot Makes It a Buy
Via MarketBeat
Topics Electric Vehicles
Tickers GM
Novo Nordisk’s Akero Therapeutics Buy Targets Eli Lilly’s Lead
Via MarketBeat
Topics World Trade
Tickers LLY NVO SEPN
ASML Can Hit New Highs, But It Won’t Be Easy: Here’s Why
Via MarketBeat
Topics Artificial Intelligence
Tickers ASML
Vertiv Stock Surges on Strategic CFO Hire and AI Momentum
Via MarketBeat
Topics Artificial Intelligence
Tickers NVDA VRT WAB
Stock Quote API & Stock News API supplied by www.cloudquote.io
Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes.
By accessing this page, you agree to the following
Privacy Policy and Terms Of Service.