Drought

In what can only be another good sign for California’s drought crisis, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) switched back on the hydropower generation at the Hyatt Powerplant at Oroville Dam in Butte County. The plant was taken offline August 5 due to historic low lake levels driven by the …

Yesterday the Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted its first snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded a depth of 78.5 inches and a snow water equivalent of 20 inches. That’s 202 percent of average for this location at this time of year. Californians should …

California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) released its first phase of awards through the Urban and Multibenefit Drought Relief Grant Program last week. More than $50 million will go to projects to help communities deal with the impacts from drought conditions. “As we develop long-term strategies to address California’s changing …

The Bureau of Reclamation has announced how they will spend the $210 million provided in the Extending Government Funding and Delivery Emergency Assistance Act (P.L. 117-43). “Most of the West, and specifically California’s Central Valley, the Klamath Basin in Oregon/California, and the Colorado River Basin, were impacted by this past …

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s Board of Directors took action last week to invest in new infrastructure and water exchanges with other agencies that will allow Colorado River water and stored supplies to be more readily distributed throughout the region. The strategy is to preserve limited State Water Project …

Alameda County Water District (ACWD) joined the growing list of agencies who have declared a water shortage emergency last week. The agency that serves Fremont, Newark and Union City adopted an ordinance on December 9 aimed at reducing water use by 15% across the Tri-City area. “With record low rainfall …