Operating under a Water Shortage Emergency, the Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) Board of Directors approved Stage 2 Water Shortage rates at its October 5 meeting. Based on current conditions and water supply scenarios for 2022, on September 1, 2021, the Zone 7 Board of Directors declared a Stage …
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Sacramento-area water providers have launched a new campaign asking residents to reduce lawn watering while continuing to water trees. The advertising, which appears on billboards throughout the Sacramento region, on television, radio and online, is focused on educating the public that lawns can handle less water but that drought-stressed trees …
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In response to ongoing prolonged drought conditions, Yucaipa Valley residents are being asked to reduce water consumption by as much as 20 percent. Yucaipa Valley Water District’s Board of Directors voted to enact Stage 2 of their Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP), which requires residents to voluntarily reduce their water …
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Seven regional water agencies have joined forces to better prepare the region for future droughts and promote water use efficiency throughout a three-county area. The Santa Ana River Conservation and Conjunctive Use Program (SARCCUP) is a first-of-its-kind regional groundwater banking program between Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD), Inland Empire Utilities …
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The State Water Resources Control Board has adopted emergency curtailment regulations for Mill and Deer Creeks in Tehama County due to continued drought conditions in the Sacramento River basin. The creeks are tributaries to the Sacramento River and crucial to the survival of multiple fish species while also supplying water …
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The Bureau of Reclamation has released updated projections of reservoir levels within the Colorado River system over the next five years. The new projections unfortunately showed continued elevated risk of Lake Powell and Lake Mead reaching critically-low elevations as a result of the historic drought and low-runoff conditions in the …
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