Drought

A lawsuit filed in 2013 by Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (Agua Caliente) seeking unprecedented rights to groundwater that would supersede other water users in the Coachella Valley has been challenged by Desert Water Agency (DWA) and Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD). The two water agencies presented oral arguments …

Questions have arisen regrading a 30-year practice of using wastewater from oil and gas field operations to irrigate food crops in California – primarily in Kern County. Though the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Board (CVRWQB) has said that no studies to date have shown oil wastewater-irrigated crops pose any …

The Indian Wells Valley Water District (IWVWD), located in Ridgecrest, has launched an extensive solar and energy efficiency project that is expected to save the district $9.38 million in net savings throughout the life of the program. District officials recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to officially start the project and …

The Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) has been awarded the prestigious Gold Award for Exceptional Utility Performance from the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) at AMWA’s 2016 Executive Management Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. CVWD is one of only five agencies nationwide that met all of the rigorous requirements in …

Although the weekend’s rain was a welcome diversion to California’s five-plus year drought, concerns have now turned to flash floods, especially in the 560,888 acres blackened by fires this year within the state. State officials and the National Weather Service have urged the public to begin preparations for potential flood …

Public review is now available and comments are being sought for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Long-Term Plan to Protect Adult Salmon in the Lower Klamath River (LTP) by the Bureau of Reclamation. The Draft EIS details the environmental effects of the No-Action and Action Alternatives to …