Drought

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 …

After a recent public meeting, the board of directors for Helix Water District (HWD) formally adopted their 2020 Urban Water Management Plan, which ensures that they have enough supply to meet existing and future water needs. For the past three decades, HWD has worked with its wholesaler the San Diego …

In an effort to slow the intrusion of saltwater in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) has begun construction on a temporary emergency drought barrier on the West False River. The barrier is designed to slow the movement of saltwater into the central Delta and prevent …

Last week the State Water Resources Control Board sent notices of water unavailability to 102 water rights holders in the Scott River basin in Siskiyou County. Extreme drought conditions are causing critically low flows and threatening the survival of coho salmon, an endangered species under both the California and Federal …