Drought

Farmers in Central California will see their water deliveries stop today. Earlier this month, the Fresno Irrigation District (FID) Board of Directors made the decision to end most agricultural water deliveries on June 30. With little to no precipitation occurring in May and June, the Kings River experienced its third …

San Jose Water, (SJW) is encouraging its more than 200,000 customers to immediately cut water usage by 15% in response to the drought emergency declared by Valley Water, its water wholesaler. Valley Water provides approximately 90% of SJW’s water supply. “During every drought, our customers have done extraordinarily well saving …

Worsening drought conditions in the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta prompted the State Water Resources Control Board to send notices of water unavailability to approximately 4,300 right holders in the watershed last week. The notices, state the Delta watershed’s supply is “insufficient” and “not lawfully available” for users with claims to the …

The Oakdale Irrigation District (“OID”) and South San Joaquin Irrigation District (“SSJID”) have come to an agreement over a water transfer of up to 100,000 acre-feet to assist drought-stricken farmers on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. According to the agreement, water would be moved as early as …

In response to worsening conditions, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District’s (LVMWD) Board Directors initiated Stage 1 of its Water Shortage Contingency Plan. More than 75,000 residents in the cities of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Westlake Village, and unincorporated areas of western Los Angeles County will be affected by the …

Last week Valley Water District in Santa Clara declared a water shortage emergency resulting from the “extreme drought” in the area amid a historic dry season, becoming the first water district in the state to do so since the drought of the early to mid 2010s. “Santa Clara County is in …