Drought

A quarantine that began on July 18, 1996 to purge the invasive aquatic weed, hydrilla, ended successfully this week after the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and the Shasta County Agricultural Commissioner’s office eradicated two hydrilla infestations within the cites of Redding and Anderson. Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) is …

Santa Barbara County oil and gas operator Greka Energy may have run afoul of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), again, and is now being required to conduct sampling at its Santa Maria, Calif. refinery to determine whether improper storage and management of hazardous wastes contaminated local soil and groundwater. …

Shasta County property owners Kongkeo Khamvongsa and Alexandra Kensavath have been fined $150,000 by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (CVRWQCB) for their failure to clean up a cannabis grow site on their property. The action stems from a cleanup and abatement order issued to them in June …

On the heels of the Central Valley Project’s (CVP) announcement on their most recent allocations on Wednesday, the State Water Project (SWP) also made their second allocation status report on Wednesday. Based on improved water supply conditions, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has announced an increase in 2019 …

In order to help Central Valley Project (CVP) water service contractors, farmers and the general public begin to plan for this year’s planting, irrigation and general water use, the Bureau of Reclamation announced the initial 2019 water supply allocation for CVP water service contractors on Wednesday. The allocation is typically …

The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (CVRWQCB), in coordination with Butte County, the California Department of Water Resources, and the California Department of Transportation, is continuing to test surface waters throughout the burn area that destroyed the greater Paradise area in last November’s deadly fire. The 153,00-acre blaze …