Drought

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has awarded the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) $750,000 in grant funding for a drought resiliency project. The WaterSMART Drought Response Program focuses on projects that increase water management flexibility and water supply reliability, including projects that reduce the need for drought emergency response actions. …

More than $4 million was recently allocated by the Bureau of Reclamation in the fight against invasive quagga and zebra mussels in the western United States. The newly released funds build on the $1 million allocated in 2017 to support initiatives by the federal government, as well as work by …

Thirteen California drought resiliency projects are among 15 such projects that will share in $8.3 million awarded this week by the Bureau of Reclamation. The funding provided is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) WaterSMART initiative and will help communities in California, New Mexico and Utah build …

Diamond Valley Lake (DVL) near Hemet in southwest Riverside County, the largest of Metropolitan Water District’s (MWD) reservoirs, has temporarily suspended all recreational activities at the lake due a bloom of cyanobacteria—also known as blue-green algae—covering the lake. The suspension includes all boating, fishing and hiking. Blue-green algae blooms are …

Twenty-five grants have been proposed by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) for Round 3 of the Statewide Flood Emergency Response Grant Program. DWR has launched a public comment period regarding the Draft List of Awards through 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Following the conclusion of the …

Scientists and engineers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) may have a new method for projecting wet or dry weather in the Southwest for the coming winter. Lead author Antonios Mamalakis, a UCI graduate student in civil & environmental engineering, said the UCI New Zealand Index study produced an …