The Department of Water Resources (DWR) released the Final 2018 Update to the California Water Plan earlier this week and the report highlights a vision for greater collaboration and alignment among water sectors and institutions. The update also details solid strategies and long-term investments needed for the sustainable management of …
Read More »EPA Releases Cyanobacteria Assessment Network Mobile Application Using Satellite Data
Summertime for managers of California’s lakes and reservoirs means an awareness of and testing for cyanobacteria, also known of as harmful blue-green algae. Case in point is the most recent warning by the Kern County Public Health Services Department cautioning those visiting Lake Isabella to use caution to avoid recently …
Read More »California Tree Die-Off Triggered by Diminished Supplies of Subsurface Water in Drought Years
According to a symposium held in July 2017 by the United States Department of Agriculture on Drought and Tree Mortality in the Pacific Southwest Region, over 129 million California trees on 8.9 million acres died between 2010 and 2017. The southern Sierra Nevada was the most heavily impacted region. Now, …
Read More »Diverse Coalition Seeks to Protect California’s Drinking Water Systems Caught in Wildfire Liability
As wildfire season now is a year-long phenomenon in CA, public drinking water systems and their customers are faced with a double-edged sword. First there’s the damage to their water systems and then there’s the lawsuits for damage to their infrastructure caused by fires they didn’t start. A diverse group …
Read More »Public Encouraged to Provide Input on Creating Climate-Resilient Water System
In order to assist in fulfilling CA Governor Gavin Newsom’s April 29 executive order calling for a suite of actions to build a climate-resilient water system and ensure healthy waterways three state agencies are seeking the public’s input and assistance. Public input will aid the Natural Resources Agency (NRA), California …
Read More »Metropolitan Water Joins California Resilience Challenge to Help Prepare for Climate Change
Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California’s Board of Directors recently voted unanimously to become a leader and board member of the California Resilience Challenge (CRC), the statewide effort to build local resilience to the droughts, floods, wildfires and sea-level rise that climate change is expected to bring to California. …
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