Drought

The 2016-2017 water year’s first snowpack measurement came up lacking on Tuesday but super-soaker storms and up to five new feet of snow in the Sierras within the next several days could soon change the measurement’s forecast.  Even drought-dry Southern California is expected to see more rain in the next …

Chino Basin Water Conservation District’s (CBWCD) annual poster contest is open through Jan. 20 to all kindergarten through 12thgrade students for all public, private and home-schooled students within the district’s boundaries. This year’s theme is “Be a Groundwater Guardian.” The contest is comprised of two categories. Kindergarten through fifth graders …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) will conduct its first media oriented manual snow survey of Water Year 2017 at 11 a.m. on January 3 at Phillips Station, just off Highway 50 near Sierra-at-Tahoe Road approximately 90 miles east of Sacramento. Earlier electronic readings of the Sierra Nevada mountain snowpack …

The Orange County Water District (OCWD) was recently honored with the Sandor C. Csallany Institutional Award by the American Water Resources Association (AWRA) for their exemplary contributions to water resources and management. In receiving the award OCWD was recognized for its creative vision and implementation of water reuse and its …

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) was recently ranked amongst the top utilities in the United States for business customer relationships by Market Strategies International. The utility provider was ranked number three in the western United States and tenth in the nation among the 59 utilities surveyed …

Late last week the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) issued an interim update to the Bulletin 118 series regarding sustainable groundwater management. Included in the update is key information to help local agencies meet requirements and deadlines under the historic Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) enacted in 2014. News …