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Three California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) fish hatchery facilities in the eastern Sierra and Southern California have been battling a bacterial outbreak that has affected 3.2 million fish. This week, after consultation with fish pathology experts and exhausting all avenues of treatment, CDFW announced that the fish, which …

Last week the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) filed its opening brief in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County alleging violations of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). IID’s brief calls on the court to suspend the March 2019 approval of …

The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board announced a settlement has been reached with Lewis Land Developers for violating a construction stormwater general permit at a 122-acre project in Placer County that led to an uncontrolled discharge of sediment and stormwater into a nearby ravine. Lewis Land Developers has …

Earlier this week, the Bureau of Reclamation announced the fourth increase of the water supply allocation for Friant Division Central Valley Project contracts for the 2020 contract year. Given the current hydrologic conditions, is increasing the Class 1 allocation from 60% to 65%; Class 2 remains at 0%. Friant Division …

Last week the State Water Resources Control Board (Board) sent notices of water unavailability to 110 junior water right holders in the Scott River basin in Siskiyou County, urging them to stop diverting. Dry conditions are resulting in low flows and threatening the survival of coho salmon in the Scott …

The Bureau of Reclamation announced that the forecasted inflow to Shasta Lake is currently projected to be greater than 3.2 million acre-feet and declared we are in a “Shasta Non-Critical” year. The California Department of Water Resources published an updated Bulletin 120 last week that  shows a large increase in …