Drought

The message is loud and clear. Don’t drink or cook with untreated surface waters throughout the Camp Fire burn area and downstream of the burn area! Targeted sampling of surface waters at various locations throughout the Camp Fire burn area and downstream of the burn area is being conducted by …

The abundant rain and snow of Water Year (WY) 2018-19, and the anticipated snow melt to come late this spring and summer, have banished California’s multi-year drought and eased the concern regarding allocations for most of the Central Valley Project’s (CVP) South-of-Delta contractors. The Bureau of Reclamation announced its updated …

California Governor Gavin Newsom has issued an emergency proclamation for an additional eight counties due to extensive damage from severe February atmospheric river storm systems which caused widespread damage and flooding. Newsom’s Proclamation of a State of Emergency noted that “…  conditions caused by these storms, by reason of their …

Although inclement weather precluded journalists from trekking out to Phillips Station – near Sierra-at-Tahoe — with representatives of the state’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) for the fourth snow survey of Water Year (WY) 2018/2019, the manual survey’s results were phenomenal. Braving the winter elements DWR representatives recorded 106.5 inches …

Flooding along the Russian River in late February and early March saw some 2,000 business and residences in Sonoma County and turning the towns of Guerneville and Monte Rio into islands cutting them off from all forms of land access. The river exceeded 45 feet in Guerneville and recorded the …

The 2019 atmospheric storms along with pineapple express rains that have deluged California thus far this year have prompted new allocations by the state’s Department of Water Resources (DWR). The department announced earlier this week that most State Water Project (SWP) contractors are now slated to receive 70 percent of …