Drought

A quick view of the snow-covered Sierra mountains tells only part of the story. Though significantly better than this time last year – when only small patches of snow dotted the mountains – Thursday’s first manual snow survey of Water Year (WY) 2018-19 by the California Department of Water Resources …

The Soquel Creek Water District (SCWD) Board of Directors recently certified the Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) for its proposed Pure Water Soquel Groundwater Replenishment and Seawater Intrusion Prevention Project (Project). The Dec. 18 board of directors meeting saw the unanimous approval of the Project plan following staff presentations, …

In an era of climate change, tightening water supplies, debates over habitat protection and the inevitable budgetary challenges, the recently released State Water Boards’ 10th annual Performance Report is a plethora of data from fiscal year 2017-18. The recently released document, consisting of 160 report cards, represents the work of …

Two Trinity County property owners have jointly been fined $10,000 over allegations they deliberately made misstatements in reporting water diversion and use for diversion years 2009 through 2015 in spite of receiving a Notice of Violation (NOV) via certified mail in June of 2015 pertaining to the reports they had …

California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) has announced funds for eligible flood maintenance activities through a new program — the Flood Maintenance Assistance Program (FMAP) — for Local Maintaining Agencies (LMAs) and Maintenance Areas (MAs). The FMAP program has been structured to help ensure the maintenance of State Plan of …

As directed by California Water Code, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) is required to update the California Water Plan every five years. The California Water Plan is the state’s comprehensive strategic plan for sustainably managing and developing water resources. When last updated in 2013, California was in the midst …