Drought

The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), acting through the Delta Watermaster, recently revoked a water right license of a Delta landowner for repeated failure to file annual diversion and use reports. All surface water diverters are required by the terms of their water right license to report their water …

Extended, multi-year droughts have become more the norm in the exception throughout the western United States and the Bureau of Reclamation is keenly aware of the situation. Consequently, Reclamation recently announced that it is making grant funding opportunities available to assist communities in building long-term resilience for future droughts. This …

The State Water Resources Control Board announced on Friday that Rhys Vineyards, LLC, has agreed to pay $3.7 million in penalties for committing multiple violations of the federal Clean Water Act following a civil liability settlement. A multiagency inspection team had discovered a series of illegal activities on a 20-acre …

Low-income residents in the Nevada Irrigation District (NID) will now have help in paying their monthly water bills, ensuring them access to healthy, clean and affordable water service thanks to a new program. The NID five-member board directed staff to develop a water-rate subsidy program for low-income residents after NID …

Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) announced earlier this week that it has acquired nearly 23,000 shares of common stock in the Meeks and Daley Water Company (M&D), a private individual shareholder. This purchase will further ensure WMWD’s long-term water reliability and is the water district’s first-ever groundwater right in the …

Carson-based West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD) is expanding its popular program to provide community members with access to safe, reliable drinking water via water bottle filling stations throughout its 17-city geographic footprint. The program encourages customers and visitors in the region to use personal, eco-friendly, refillable water bottles versus …