Drought

Lacking a true, heavy rain El Niño presence in Southern California this year and rising global temperatures, fire officials throughout the Southland came together recently to warn people to take precautions, maintain your properties and shrubbery and be prepared. Michael Moore, Riverside fire chief, said this will be a “critical” …

A new General Order, approved last week by the State Water Resources Control Board, will simplify the permitting process for recycled water projects thus advancing the state’s goal of increasing recycled water use statewide. Expanding water recycling is a key quantity of the state’s efforts to increase regional self-reliance under …

Regulators with the State Water Resources Control Board have formally dropped complaints against two Northern California water districts. Both were accused of diverting water in summer 2015 in violation of a drought order. In the case of the Byron-Bethany Irrigation District (BBID) the complaint included a $1.5 million fine. Though …

The U. S. Forest Service, the state Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and Nestle Waters North America are currently at odds over Nestle’s continued piping of water from the San Bernardino National Forest in order to produce Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water. The controversy stems from a permit that expired in …

Though the much-hyped El Nino of 2015-16 only materialized in some parts of the state, it was enough to boost California’s hydropower generation to its best levels since 2011. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (USEIA), the state’s hydropower production in March was 2.77 million megawatt hours – the …

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently issues established health advisories for two contaminants found in drinking water in order to provide water system operators, or those who have oversight of water systems, with the information on the health risks of these chemicals so they can take any appropriate actions …