Drought

As part of Assembly Bill 1794 – authored by Assembly Member Cristina Garcia (D-Downey-58th Assembly District) – the Central Basin Municipal Water District (CBMWD) has initiated the process of expanding its Board of Directors from a five to an eight-member board. The new eight-member board will be comprised of five …

The Bureau of Reclamation’s Lower Colorado Regional Director Terry Fulp has announced the selection of Len Schilling as the area manager of the Lower Colorado Dams Office (LCDO). Schilling will be responsible for overseeing the management and operations for three dams – Hoover, Davis and Parker – and their related …

Funds issued by the State Water Resources Control Board’s Site Cleanup Subaccount Program (SCAP) to the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board has made possible a $2.67 million grant to clean up a perchlorate plume near Barstow. The plume has affected several private well owners’ drinking water supplies that were …

A draft update to the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan has been released by the Central Valley Flood Protection Board (CVFPB) for public review through March 31, 2017. The update emphasizes the need for long-term multi-benefit projects rather than single-purpose flood management projects which is consistent with Governor Edmund G. …

The Turtle Island Restoration Network’s program, the Salmon Protection And Watershed Network (SPAWN) has received a $935,000 grant award from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to implement its “Lagunitas Creek Floodplain & Riparian Restoration, Tocaloma CA” project. The project calls for the restoration of floodplains and the improvement …

Responding to California’s long-term drought and the effects of climate change on the state’s water supply and imperiled wildlife, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has issued a Secretarial Order directing the Department of the Interior and its bureaus to take timely actions to help California address and manage …