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The Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board issued final groundwater management principles and strategies to help protect drinking water wells from the impacts of drought this week. Developed in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s drought state of emergency proclamation in April, the principles and strategies …

Isotrope, LLC of Medfield, Massachusetts, has been named the Canal Safety Challenge winner and will receive $100,000 for its innovative idea to improve canal safety. Competing against two other finalists in November 2021, Isotrope, LLC’s Rescue Deck™ prototype successfully showed the potential to reduce drownings in canals after testing in …

The San Diego County Water Authority and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California have reached an agreement to provide water to parts of Southern California facing extraordinary supply constraints due to cutbacks on the State Water Project. In the deal, San Diego will provide water from an underground storage …

The Bureau of Reclamation has is partnered with Bonneville Power Administration, NASA – Goddard Space Flight Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Geological Survey, National Center for Atmospheric Research, DrivenData, HeroX, Ensemble and NASA Tournament Lab to launch a new prize competition for …

A Northern California water agency is one step closer to helping it’s Southern neighbors in Marin County. Yuba Water Agency’s board of directors voted earlier this week to authorize a water transfer agreement with Contra Costa Water District and East Bay Municipal Utility District, to sell at least 10,000 acre-feet …

Vista Irrigation District board member Marty Miller has been seated as one of four delegates representing the San Diego County Water Authority on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Miller took his seat during a special board meeting last Tuesday (Nov. 23). He replaced …