The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Feasibility Report, which documents potential costs and benefits of the Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project. As part of a continuing effort to increase storage capability throughout California, Reclamation and the Contra Costa Water District worked together on Phase 2 of the project to increase …
Read More »Harmful Algal Blooms Identified in Prado Regional Park Lake
Visitors are being urged by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board (SRWQCB) to avoid water contact at Prado Regional Park Lake due to the identification of harmful Algal blooms. It is highly recommended that the public and their dogs stay out of the water and avoid contact with …
Read More »Governor Newsom Releases Final Water Resilience Portfolio
Governor Gavin Newsom released a final version of the Administration’s blueprint for equipping California to cope with more extreme droughts and floods, rising temperatures, declining fish populations, over-reliance on groundwater and other challenges. The Water Resilience Portfolio outlines 142 state actions to help build a climate-resilient water system in the …
Read More »Harmful Algal Blooms Identified at Big Bear Lake
The State Water Resources Control Board and Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board are urging recreational water users and dog owners to avoid water contact until further notice while visiting Mallard Lagoon and the eastern end of Big Bear Lake at Stanfield Cutoff due to a harmful algal bloom …
Read More »Bacterial Outbreak Forces Euthanization of Fish at Three Southern California Hatcheries
Three California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) fish hatchery facilities in the eastern Sierra and Southern California have been battling a bacterial outbreak that has affected 3.2 million fish. This week, after consultation with fish pathology experts and exhausting all avenues of treatment, CDFW announced that the fish, which …
Read More »Imperial Irrigation District Files Opening Brief in CEQA Challenge
Last week the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) filed its opening brief in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County alleging violations of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). IID’s brief calls on the court to suspend the March 2019 approval of …
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