Drought

Cal Water Recommends Residents Flush Taps

As residents begin returning home from the mandatory evacuations caused by the River Fire, California Water Service (Cal Water) recommends customers flush their taps briefly before use to move water that had been stagnant out of their household pipes. While the water system itself was not impacted by the fire …

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Harder, Feinstein Introduce Bill to Improve Water Management with Airborne Snow Observation Program

Last week Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) and Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act to establish an airborne snow observatory (ASO) and measurement program within the Department of the Interior. Without accurate readings, water managers could be forced to unnecessarily release water from reservoirs or …

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Governor Newsom Releases Final Water Resilience Portfolio

Governor Gavin Newsom released a final version of the Administration’s blueprint for equipping California to cope with more extreme droughts and floods, rising temperatures, declining fish populations, over-reliance on groundwater and other challenges. The Water Resilience Portfolio outlines 142 state actions to help build a climate-resilient water system in the …

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