Drought

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced late last week that the Bureau of Reclamation would be awarding $4.6 million in funding to 12 California agencies and businesses to proactively prepare for and address drought in their communities. Though the state received abundant precipitation in the 2016-17 water year – …

Customers of Orange County’s Mesa Water District can rest easy regarding the water district’s financial status and the recent restructuring of the district’s debt. An estimated $8.96 million in cost savings for the district is anticipated over the next ten years due to recent financial steps taken by the public …

Inyo County Supervisors adopted an amended version of their March 28 proclamation regarding flooding and widespread damage to roads and other infrastructure earlier this week in an effort to shore up the county’s ongoing emergency response. In acknowledging this year’s historic Eastern Sierra runoff — the “Here It Comes” emergency …

Although California Governor Jerry Brown declared California’s historic five-year drought officially over for most of the state, the small census-designated community of Nipomo is one of the few places in the state where water supplies are lacking. Data from the representative groundwater wells on the Nipomo Mesa was collected in …

Pres. Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate Brenda W. Burman as the commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Burman, a Reclamation veteran, is currently the director of Water Policy for Arizona’s Salt River Project (SRP) which was one of Reclamation’s original projects in 1903. Arizona’s SRP delivers …

Ninety homes near the Kings River Golf Course were evacuated just after midnight on Saturday morning when the Kings River breeched its banks. Parts of the golf course were inundated with some 10 feet of standing water due to increased snow melt amid the soaring summer temperatures following the state’s …