Drought

With the extremely dry conditions facing the state, it was just a matter of time before Southern California’s largest wholesale water provider joined in the call to maximize conservation and declare a Drought Emergency. Metropolitan Water District’s Board of Directors on Tuesday adopted a resolution that calls on member agencies …

To address drought impacts across the state, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced  $200 million in funding available through the Urban and Multibenefit Drought Relief Grant Program. Designed to help communities facing the loss or contamination of their water supplies due to drought, the Urban and Multibenefit Drought Relief …

California Water Service (Cal Water) last week submitted an application to move into Stage 2 of their Water Shortage Contingency Plan to the California Public Utilities Commission for six districts (Bakersfield, Kern River Valley, Los Altos, Livermore, Redwood Valley, and Visalia). Some of the Stage 2 restrictions include: Outdoor landscape …

New projections released this week by the Bureau of Reclamation for the Colorado River system shows both Lake Powell and Lake Mead could reach critical, and lower, levels in the next two years. Reclamation’s updated two-year study and two- and five-year projections incorporates the new U.S. Climate Normals released by NOAA earlier this year. …

With the 2021-22 water year off to a dry start and storage at historic lows, agencies are on the lookout for ways to increase water supplies. Mesa Water District in Costa Mesa, CA is no different. At their board meeting last week, Mesa’s Board of Directors voted to adopt a …

As the drought drags on, the hits keep coming.  This time, the news is that the Central Valley Project (CVP) began the 2022 water year with just 3.21 million acre-feet of water—one of the lowest starting points in recent years. In comparison, the CVP started the 2021 water year with …