• UCI Scientists Predictor for Southwest Winter Rainfall — Look to New Zealand in the Summer
• San Diego Water Board fines Pardee Homes $291,286 for Uncontrolled Sediment during Storms
• Judge Upholds Water Board’s penalties on Developer
• State Reminds Public of the Hazards of Harmful Algal Bloom Season
• 2018 Central Valley Project Water Allocations Updated for South-of-Delta Contractors

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  Unauthorized Napa River Diversion Cited by State Water Board

  A multi-year extensive investigation into unauthorized water diverters on California’s North Coast has been concluded after more than 350 letters were sent to property owners notifying them of the need to have a water right. Property owners...

  • Posted May 27, 2018
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  Lake Oroville Thermalito Diversion Pool open for Memorial Day; Free Summer Weekends Announced

  While construction and repairs continue on the Oroville Dam, summer recreation activities are opening for some portions of the Oroville State Recreation Area (SRA). The California State Parks and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) have...

  • Posted May 26, 2018
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  Yuba County Water Agency invests $1.5 million in pilot project in Yuba watershed forest management

  A pilot project of the Forest Resilience Bond with Blue Forest Conservation and the World Resources Institute to help protect 15,000 acres within the north Yuba watershed recently received the endorsement of the Yuba County Water Agency...

  • Posted May 25, 2018
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  EPA’s Scott Pruitt announces Four-Step Plan for maximum containment of PFAS

  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has announced concrete steps the EPA intends to take to cleanup per-and-polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The announcement was made at the two-day National Leadership Summit which included representatives from over...

  • Posted May 24, 2018
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  State Water Project allocations for 2018 inch up to 35 percent for State Water Contractors

  The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has announced a slight increase in State Water Project (SWP) allocations for the 29 SWP contractors, rising from April’s 30 percent allocation to now 35 percent of allocation requests. SWP...

  • Posted May 23, 2018
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  Attorney General Becerra and San Diego Water Board Ready to File Suit over Tijuana River Sewage

  California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board (SDWB) have submitted a 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (US Commission)...

  • Posted May 22, 2018
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  2017 Water Year Storage and Recovery Results for Seaside Groundwater Basin

  It was a typical year for rainwater injection into the Seaside Groundwater Basin in Northern California, officials said. “Seasonal rains came later this year,”  Eric Sabolsice, California American Water Operations director, said. During the rainy months of...

  • Posted May 21, 2018
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  Dr Pepper Snapple Group Partners with The Nature Conservancy on Watershed Protection

  By Jim Steinberg Over the next three years the Dr Pepper Snapple Group will give $750,000 in support of the Los Angeles River and the American and Sacramento rivers in Northern California. These new California projects continue...

  • Posted May 20, 2018
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  District receives grant for predicting surface and groundwater flows along the Santa Ana River

  By: Jim Steinberg San Bernardino Valley’s water wholesaler has received a $1 million grant to develop a mathematical model for predicting surface and groundwater flows along the Santa Ana River. The study, funded by the California Department...

  • Posted May 19, 2018
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  Feds call for drought contingency plans be put into effect

  By Jim Steinberg WASHINGTON>>Record-low snowpack levels in the Colorado River Basin means Lake Powell runoff will amount to just 42 percent of the historical average this year, experts say. With the drought and its related low runoff...

  • Posted May 18, 2018
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