Earlier this month the Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE) released their study on municipal drought response and water demand. The study titled, Use and Effectiveness of Municipal Irrigation Restrictions During Drought, explores how drought response measures have been implemented and how water demand reductions have been achieved across different water suppliers …
Read More »New Clean Water Act Rule to Provide Clarity and Redefine WOTUS
Earlier this week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army (Army) finalized the Navigable Waters Protection Rule to define “Waters of the United States” and thereby establish federal regulatory authority under the Clean Water Act. The revised definition identifies four categories of waters that are federally regulated …
Read More »State Water Project Allocation Increases to 15 Percent
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has announced an increase in 2020 State Water Project (SWP) allocations to 15 percent of requested supplies, up from the year’s initial 10 percent allocation announced on December 2. The Statewide snowpack is 76 percent of normal for this time of year and …
Read More »Yuba Water Agency funds project to improve Wheatland drinking water system
A more efficient water system that will improve the city of Wheatland’s drinking water supply is in the works with the help of a grant from Yuba Water Agency. The $700,000 grant, approved by the agency board, provides funds for the city to replace its aging water distribution system equipment, …
Read More »Study Shows Droughts Affecting So Cal Water Sources Six Times a Century
The University of Arizona recently announced results from a study that studied the annual growth rings of trees to reconstruct a long-term climate history and examine the duration and frequency of “perfect droughts” in Southern California’s main water sources. According to the research, severe droughts happened simultaneously in the regions …
Read More »Public Comment on Draft Water Resilience Portfolio Happening Now
Last week state agencies released a draft water resilience portfolio with recommended actions to help California cope with more extreme droughts and floods, rising temperatures, declining fish populations, aging infrastructure and other challenges. The California Natural Resources Agency, California Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Food and Agriculture developed the …
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