Infrastructure

Progress continues to be made in the state’s effort to connect East Porterville residents to a new sustainable water source after hundreds of homeowner’s wells went dry during California’s five-year drought. The state’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) are jointly leading the …

A part of the San Joaquin River Restoration Program will now allow Porterville area landowners to take surface water diversions in lieu of pumping groundwater thereby allowing the aquifer to passively recharge as well as slowing groundwater overdraft in the system. The Bureau of Reclamation released a Final Environmental Assessment/Initial …

Cadiz Inc. has announced that the company’s Water Conservation, Recovery & Storage Project (Cadiz Water Project), based in California’s high desert, has earned the support of the California Chamber of Commerce (CalChamber), the state’s largest business advocacy group. The Cadiz Water Project is a public-private partnership with local water providers …

The Draft Environmental Impact Report (DIER) for a proposed new Lake Perris emergency release facility has been released by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). The DIER will be circulated for a total of 45 days for public review.  Comments on the DEIR must be received between now and …

A peaceful meadow — home to coyotes, bear, deer and a clan of some 200 genetically distinct great gray owls – has been donated to Yosemite National Park by Robin and Nancy Wainwright.  The 400-acre Ackerson Meadow is home to the federally endangered southwestern willow flycatcher and the great gray …

According to Patrick Vaughan, engineering geologist with the California Department of Parks and Recreation, the removal of Benbow Dam is on schedule and should be completed sometime in October. “The work is proceeding normally,” said Vaughan. “We’re about one-third of the way done with concrete removal of the dam.” According …