Tag Archives: drought

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Thirty-four northern and central coast California counties will be sharing a $36 million National Dislocated Worker Grant (NDWG) from the U.S. Department of Labor to aid in the recovery and clean-up after this winter’s heavy rain and snow. The department announced it would provide up to $36 million to the …

The Bureau of Reclamation recently announced the remaining water supply allocations for the Central Valley Project (CVP) contractors in the Friant Division (Millerton Reservoir), Eastside Division (New Melones Reservoir), and the American River Division (Folsom Reservoir). Other CVP contractors were notified of their water allocations in February. Reclamation determines the …