Conservation

To encourage its commercial and industrial customers to find ways to save water during the statewide drought, Palmdale Water District (PWD) for the first time is offering rebates to non-residential ratepayers. Businesses can now apply for seven types of rebates.  They are for landscape conversion, high-efficiency/dual flush toilets, moisture retaining …

In the short span of two years, Kings Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agencies in California’s Central Valley have invested in 600 acres of prime groundwater recharge land. This land represents 15 dedicated basins that are constructed or in development. There are thousands of landowners and many communities that overlie the Kings Subbasin that are dependent on the subbasin’s groundwater …

The Bureau of Reclamation started building rearing habitat for salmon and steelhead and enhancing recreation at its East Sand Slough Side Channel project along the Sacramento River near Red Bluff at the beginning of October. Approximately 90,000 cubic yards of material will be excavated from about 20 acres upstream of the Antelope Boulevard/Highway 36 …

A desperately needed flood control and recharge project in Yucaipa will soon be a reality. The San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (Valley District) has said they will be investing $1.8 million in Yucaipa’s Wilson III Basin project, which is primarily for flood control, but will also help capture more …

The San Diego County Water Authority has activated its Level 1 – Voluntary Conservation of its Water Shortage Contingency Plan. The agency’s 36-member Board of Directors voted unanimously to activate the regional drought response plan for the third time this century. While the San Diego region continues to have long-term …

The Bureau of Reclamation announced the completion of a project to help boost the fall-run Chinook salmon population below Folsom Dam on the lower American River at Ancil Hoffman Park in Carmichael.  Workers created spawning habitat by adding more than 15,000 cubic yards of clean gravel into the river channel. “The …