Drought

Officials with the Imperial Irrigation District (IID), along with representatives from Imperial County, appeared before the State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday calling for immediate and definitive action before the end of 2016 for the adoption of a 10-year roadmap for the restoration of the Salton Sea. The meeting …

The Bureau of Reclamation has release two funding opportunities for water management entities to develop drought contingency plans and build long-term solutions to drought. These two funding opportunities are part of Reclamation’s Drought Response Program. The drought contingency planning funding opportunity is for applicants to request up to $200,000 to …

Decisions made by the Yorba Linda Water District (YLWD) board of directors in October of last year have proved to be the undoing of two of the district’s board members after the board had agreed to increase the basic-service charge from $16 to $41. Unofficial results of last week’s election …

Three men have been charged with 24 misdemeanor complaints by the Siskiyou County District Attorney’s Office for allegedly failing to report positive findings of bacteria in public water systems. A State Water Resources Control Board investigation determined that samples taken from public water systems in Siskiyou County were positive for …

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California has announced that it is looking to assist private forestland owners in addressing tree mortality and other drought-related damage, with financial assistance and forestry staff assistance in order to improve forest health.  California’s drought, now in its sixth year in most …

The Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) recently presented two students with top honors for their entries to the 18th Annual Bottled Water Label Art Contest. The contest seeks to recognize high school art students with the opportunity to create their first piece of commercial artwork. The artwork chosen as each year’s top …