Tag Archives: drought

The good news is that six key reservoirs in Northern California have begun water year (WY) 2017 with 4.9 million acre-feet of water. The bad news is California is still gripped by the drought conditions that have persisted for the past five years and forecasters still don’t have a clear …

The Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) has launched its second year of its high school water education program, “What About Water,” in a partnership with the Orange County Department of Education’s (OCDE) Inside the Outdoors (ITO) and various Orange County water agencies. The program began with 14 participating …

A joint remediation investigation and feasibility study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Orange County Water District will address an area of groundwater contamination in an area, known as the “North Basin” which is several miles long and over a mile wide. The North Basin is located …

A new water year began in California last Saturday on the heels of the state’s fifth consecutive year of drought conditions. The most recent year was marked by “meager precipitation that fell more often as rain than snow” according to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and its recently …

The State Water Resources Control Board is now reporting the identification of a toxic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) bloom in Grantline Canal and Old River surrounding Fabian Tract in San Joaquin County, near both Tracy and Mountain Horse. Ongoing monitoring has discovered an extensive cyanobacteria bloom of Microcystis occurring in the …

In an effort to seek recommendations on how to make water more affordable to low-income Californians, the State Water Resources Control Board will hold a series of meetings in five locations throughout the state from October 12 to November 9. State law provides that every Californian has the right to …