Drought

It was to be expected following consecutive dry years. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has announced that its initial State Water Project (SWP) allocation for 2022 will focus on the health and safety needs of the 29 water agencies that contract to receive SWP supplies. DWR has advised State …

Effective December 14, domestic water system customers in the City of Bakersfield will have to use less water. The city announced the new restrictions on Monday in response to continuing drought conditions and California Water Service entering Stage 2 of their drought mitigation plan. The restrictions the City of Bakersfield …

California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) recently announced its fourth round of funding commitments through the Small Community Drought Relief program. DWR, with the help of the State Water Resources Control Board identified 14 projects for funding in the counties of Tulare, Lake, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sonoma, Humboldt, Santa Barbara, …

With the extremely dry conditions facing the state, it was just a matter of time before Southern California’s largest wholesale water provider joined in the call to maximize conservation and declare a Drought Emergency. Metropolitan Water District’s Board of Directors on Tuesday adopted a resolution that calls on member agencies …

To address drought impacts across the state, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced  $200 million in funding available through the Urban and Multibenefit Drought Relief Grant Program. Designed to help communities facing the loss or contamination of their water supplies due to drought, the Urban and Multibenefit Drought Relief …

California Water Service (Cal Water) last week submitted an application to move into Stage 2 of their Water Shortage Contingency Plan to the California Public Utilities Commission for six districts (Bakersfield, Kern River Valley, Los Altos, Livermore, Redwood Valley, and Visalia). Some of the Stage 2 restrictions include: Outdoor landscape …