Drought

Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) will begin audio recording Board Meetings beginning in April. The Board of Directors voted last week to adopt the policy to record meetings, where the files will be available and how long EMWD will keep the files. The recordings are to ensure the public has …

Caltrans unveiled its new stormwater public education program “Protect Every Drop” yesterday. The program aims to educate Californians about the sources and pathways of stormwater pollution, and encourage motorists to reduce the pollutants that affect water quality in California. “Clean water is essential for our quality of life in California, and it’s …

California is beginning to receive desperately needed rain and snow through a series of powerful Pacific storms over the next week or two. However, the return of wetter weather after a very dry February and prolonged California drought can be too much of a good thing, resulting in flooding and …

According to a recent snowpack survey, California has 83 percent of its annual snowpack. The number, which is considered low, is one of California’s main water supplies. The amount of snowpack seen – around 58.3 inches – is the most the state has received since March of 2011, suggesting the …

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) will be holding two public hearings to receive resident input on the 2015 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP), the city’s long-term water resources management strategy for the next 25 years. The primary function of the UWMP is to create new, sustainable …

In light of the Flint, Michigan water crisis, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new drinking water map that allows users to discover who supplies their drinking water, whether the water is polluted and how to become involved in protecting drinking water supplies in their community. “A key part …