After five-plus years of punishing drought in the state, the drought is over – for all but four California counties. Fresno, Kings, Tulare and Tuolumne counties will continue with emergency drinking water projects to help address diminished groundwater supplies as one of many consequences statewide due to the drought. Thanks …
Read More »Travis Aberle named as Assistant Regional Director for Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region
Travis Aberle has recently been named as the Assistant Regional Director for Business Services for the Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region. As the Assistant Regional Director for Business Services, Aberle will oversee numerous administrative functions for the Mid-Pacific Region. Prior to joining Reclamation, Aberle served with the U.S. Air …
Read More »Veteran community advocate, Juanita Salas, running for Division I, Imperial Irrigation District
Juanita Salas — community advocate, supporter of causes to benefit the region and a leader in the best use of tax dollars – has announced her candidacy of Division 1 of the Imperial Irrigation District (IID). As a third-generation Imperial County resident Salas has immersed herself in the issues of …
Read More »Measurement reveals snowmelt to provide abundant water
The fourth monthly measurement of the state’s snowpack was no surprise earlier this week when Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program, conducted the reading at the Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada for the state’s Department of Water Resources (DWR). The manual reading found a snow …
Read More »Coachella Valley water agencies request Supreme Court review of Agua Caliente’s water rights ruling
The Coachella Valley Water district (CVWD) and Desert Water Agency (DWA) are seeking intervention of a recent ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court — a three-judge federal appeals court panel – by requesting a review by the U.S. Supreme Court. The landmark groundwater case, in litigation since 2013, was filed …
Read More »Customers to be made whole in class action billing settlement
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) customers who were possibly overcharged for services during the three-year period from September 2013 to December 2016, or who may have been impacted from their participation in the LADWP’s solar incentive program since February 13, 2010, will be receiving informational packages regarding …
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