Drought

Orange County Superior Court Judge Robert J. Moss denied a suit by Yorba Linda (Orange County, CA) residents opposed to a $25 monthly water-rate increase levied on them by their local water district. The Yorba Linda Water District (YLWD) has said that without the increase the district would have faced …

Thanks to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) will be able to begin a study to determine whether drought and adverse weather conditions cause health problems, and whether water policy effects the link between extreme temperatures and health. The Foundation’s Evidence for Action …

Some 2.4 million gallons of sewage has flowed into the Los Angeles River, beginning Monday afternoon, due to a broken pipe in downtown Los Angeles effectively closing both Long Beach and Seal Beach. Officials are hopefully they will be able to reopen both beaches on Thursday. Originally a sewage line …

The Bureau of Reclamation recently announced an additional increase in the water supply allocation to the Friant Division contractors of their Class 1 water from 65 to 75 percent. This allocation increase has been made possible by an agreement Reclamation negotiated with Friant Division contractors and others to exchange water …

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has issued a notice urging the public to avoid a large algal boom that has developed in Pyramid Lake in Los Angeles County.  The public is being advised to avoid body contact with the lake’s water, its scum and any mist. Algal blooms …

Petition signing drives to be held at nine sites statewide  Protect California Food will be holding community education and petition signing drives this Saturday, July 16, calling on Gov. Jerry Brown and the State Water Resources Control Board to halt the use of recycled oil field wastewater in irrigating California’s …