Drought

The Department of Water Resources have released updated draft guidance for local water managers in developing state-mandated water management plans for public comment. These new elements for the urban and agricultural water management plans reflect lessons learned from the 2014 – 2017 drought, advances in water measurement technology, and a …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) reopened State Water Project facilities at San Luis Reservoir after the recent closures due to nearby fires. However, a algal bloom warning advisory has been issued at O’Neill Forebay and a caution advisory is in effect for the San Luis Reservoir in Merced County. …

The San Diego County Water Authority has collaborated with Scripps Institution of Oceanography to optimize water management before, during and after California’s ever-changing seasonal storms and better predict atmospheric rivers. Atmospheric river storms produce 40 to 60 percent of the west coast’s annual precipitation and most of the state’s flood …

As residents begin returning home from the mandatory evacuations caused by the River Fire, California Water Service (Cal Water) recommends customers flush their taps briefly before use to move water that had been stagnant out of their household pipes. While the water system itself was not impacted by the fire …

Phillips 66 Co. has been fined $285,000 by the San Francisco Bay Water Board for discharging more than 5 million gallons of partially treated wastewater from its San Francisco Refinery to San Pablo Bay. The incident in question occurred Feb. 14, 2019 when a discharge was discovered to exceed the …

Last week Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) and Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act to establish an airborne snow observatory (ASO) and measurement program within the Department of the Interior. Without accurate readings, water managers could be forced to unnecessarily release water from reservoirs or …