Drought

Claremont, CA has some 1,600 reasons to celebrate. That’s the number of previously drought-stressed trees that the city and a small army of volunteers were able to save last year despite California’s then five-year drought. The city is also celebrating recently being awarded the League of California cities 2016 Helen …

California’s high school and college students have the opportunity to earn scholarship funds by entering a video competition hosted by the California Special Districts Association (CSDA). CSDA is comprised of more than 2,000 independent service providers and provide vital services like clean water and renewable energy, fire protection and public …

Metropolitan Water District (MWD), the Southland’s largest water supplier, has painted a more optimistic picture of the area’s water status at a press conference held at their downtown Los Angeles office on Monday. Though acknowledging California’s drought is still in existence, especially in Southern California, MWD officials claim increases in …

The good news is that six key reservoirs in Northern California have begun water year (WY) 2017 with 4.9 million acre-feet of water. The bad news is California is still gripped by the drought conditions that have persisted for the past five years and forecasters still don’t have a clear …

The Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) has launched its second year of its high school water education program, “What About Water,” in a partnership with the Orange County Department of Education’s (OCDE) Inside the Outdoors (ITO) and various Orange County water agencies. The program began with 14 participating …

A joint remediation investigation and feasibility study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Orange County Water District will address an area of groundwater contamination in an area, known as the “North Basin” which is several miles long and over a mile wide. The North Basin is located …