Drought

The recently released, science-based Sacramento Valley Salmon Resiliency Strategy is aiming to address the near-and-long-term needs of the Sacramento River’s sea-going fish, primarily the endangered winter-run Chinook salmon, the threatened Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon and the threatened Central Valley steelhead. The University of California Davis Center for Watershed Sciences …

The multi-year concern over California’s unrelenting drought has clearly turned a corner thanks to plentiful precipitation in virtually all areas of the state. However, concern now focuses on the anticipated massive water runoff resulting in this year’s near record snowpack in the Eastern Sierra. The Los Angeles Department of Water …

After 17 years at the helm of the Mojave Water Agency (MWA) General Manager Kirby Brill is set to retire on July 21. The MWA Board of Directors announced earlier this week they have selected Tom McCarthy, currently the Acting Engineering Manager/Chief Engineer and Water Resources Planning Manager for Anaheim …

Modern Stairways, Inc. of Spring Valley — approximately 12 miles east of San Diego – was assessed a $94,078 penalty by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (SDRWQCB) Executive Office earlier this week for long-standing water quality violations related to industrial activities. The company has been in violation …

The State Water Resource Control Board is asking for the public’s assistance in the documentation and detection of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB). Water Boards across the state have collaborated to launch BloomWatch App at http://cyanos.org/bloomwatch/ allowing people who observe what they think is a HAB to document the site by …

California’s Gov. Jerry Brown and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown have spearheaded an effort by both states to seek assistance from the federal government for aid in assisting commercial salmon fishers and salmon-dependent businesses in light of the two states’ catastrophic regional fishery disaster and commercial fishery failure this year. The …