Drought

The 27 public agencies throughout California that comprise the State Water Contractors (SWC) are investing $380,000 as their contribution to habitat studies in the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta this fall. The habitat studies are being conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation through the Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) to better understand the …

The California State Supreme Court denied to review an appellate court ruling earlier this week brought forward by the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) regarding a case over rates set by the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California. The case ruling earlier this year by the …

Blythe-based Palo Verde Irrigation District (PVID) filed a lawsuit against Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California last week alleging California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) violations. Filed in Riverside County, the lawsuit contends that CEQA laws were violated when MWD executed six farmland parcel leases, without the required Environmental Impact …

Trinity County developer Clay Tucker, and several corporations with which he is associated, have been cited for violations of federal and state law for property either sold or leased to other parties for cannabis cultivation. The California Attorney General’s Office, on behalf of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control …

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has announced that funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) will be distributed for outdoor recreation and conservation projects to the all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.  The funds, which originate from offshore oil and gas leasing, total $94.3 …

The Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA) recently announced efforts to develop an Energy Education Program in conjunction with Sonoma Clean Power that incorporates energy efficiency and climate change into their existing water education program. SCWA will develop, market and implement the $275,000 program, which will be funded by the Sonoma …