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The State Water Resources Control Board recently announced the members of an advisory group formed to help identify needs and designate spending priorities for the recently created Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund. The Advisory Group is made up of 19 members chosen from among 50 applicants and include representatives …

The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) and Sierra Foothill agencies have joined forces to combat the threat of wildfires in and around Mokelumne River Watershed dense overgrown forest, which is where the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD)’s primary source of water comes from. The project aims to improve resilience …

The initial 2020 State Water Project (SWP) allocation was announced Monday by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR).  DWR’s allocations are based on conservative assumptions and may change depending on rain and snow received throughout the winter. The state’s initial allocation is set intentionally low so as to guard …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) released an Initial Study/proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) for soil investigations in the Delta earlier this week and has now announced they have extended the deadline for the comment period until January 15, 2020. The proposed Delta data collection, soil samples and surveys were …

The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) announced late last week that it has streamlined requirements for applicants seeking to divert surface water to underground storage during floods and other high flow conditions in an effort to expedite its water right permitting process. Although the changes will have no impact …

Perhaps University of California (UC), Davis Biologist Patricia Maloney and her team of researchers have found a way to harness the determination of sugar pine trees that survived the extended drought of 2012 to 2016 in the Sierra Nevada. Perhaps it’s a new version of survival of the fittest – …