Drought

Los Angeles County Supervisors last week considered two options intended to improve water supplies in the local area on an on-going basis. Supervisor Sheila Kuehl presented two motions, one focused on water-neutral developments or a water fee for new developments and the second which looks at tax options to pay …

Chino Basin Water Conservation District (CBWCD) is currently seeking applications from qualified students for college scholarships of up to $5,000. High school and college students, studying full time, living within the district’s boundaries and pursuing a degree related to, or identified with, water are invited to apply for the annual …

The question of the day for Californians is whether the state’s five-year drought is over.  Clearly it depends on who you talk with, but most water authorities say that in spite of an El Nino storm system in Northern California this year, overall the California drought persists. On Wednesday Frank …

Almarai, the largest dairy company in Saudi Arabia, has purchased 1,790 acres of land in California’s Palo Verde Valley to grow the water-intensive alfalfa it needs to feed its cows. Almarai paid $31.5 million for the land earlier this year, in an area which enjoys “first dibs” on water from …

Seven Water Quality Improvement Plans in San Diego County have been formally accepted by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board (San Diego Water Board). The Water Quality Improvement Plans are mandated under the Regional Municipal Separate Storm Water Sewer System Permit (Regional MS4 Permit), which regulates storm water discharges …

Tuesday’s White House Water Summit was the venue for announcing corporate promises to help support water research and development, hastened in part by the drought in the Western states as well as the Flint, Michigan lead-poisoned water scandal. San Francisco-based Ultra Capital will invest $1.5 billion in decentralized “water management …