Drought

California has seen this before, low rainfall totals and reservoir storage levels, and one municipal water district is getting out ahead of what could be another dry year. The Board of Directors for Marin Water in Corte Madera, Calif. recently approved a resolution declaring initial stages of drought and outlines …

The Bureau of Reclamation made its initial 2021 water supply allocation announcement for Central Valley Project contractors this week and the news is not great for north and south of the Delta. “Although we had a couple of precipitation-packed storms in January and early February, we are still well below …

The Bureau of Reclamation is awarding $15.4 million for projects in the West to prepare for and respond to drought. The WaterSMART Drought Program funding will leverage $54.9 million in non-federal cost-share to complete projects in seven Western states. “More than 50 percent of the Western United States is in …

A Shasta County property owner accused of missing mandatory clean-up action deadlines at his former cannabis grow site has reached a $25,000 settlement with the Central Valley Water Board according to a statement on the State Water Resources Control Board website. The statement identifies property owner Kyle Terborg, as having …

The second snow survey of the season was conducted by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) yesterday at the Phillips Station snow course. The manual survey showed a modest improvement to the state’s “frozen reservoir”. DWR staff recorded a snow depth of 63 inches and a snow water equivalent (SWE) …

Widespread testing of surface waters throughout the burn scar left by last summer’s massive North Complex Fire in Butte and Plumas counties has revealed contaminant levels are elevated, but lower than anticipated. The good news is they are not impacting drinking water treatment facilities or the quality of drinking water …