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The Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) fifth and final manual snow survey of Water Year (WY) 2018-19 at Phillips Station on Thursday recorded a field of plentiful snow. The survey recorded 47 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent (SWE) of 27.5 inches or 188 percent of average …

Most areas of the Coachella Valley are showing significant increases in groundwater levels over the past 10 years. Two annual reports for the 2017-18 water year, which are submitted to the California Department of Water Resources to comply with the reporting requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, are based …

The combination of contaminants in your tap water may be hazardous to your health.  So says a peer-reviewed study by scientists at Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Washington D.C. EWG is dedicated to dedicated to protecting human health and the environment. In the study assessing …

The message is loud and clear. Don’t drink or cook with untreated surface waters throughout the Camp Fire burn area and downstream of the burn area! Targeted sampling of surface waters at various locations throughout the Camp Fire burn area and downstream of the burn area is being conducted by …

The abundant rain and snow of Water Year (WY) 2018-19, and the anticipated snow melt to come late this spring and summer, have banished California’s multi-year drought and eased the concern regarding allocations for most of the Central Valley Project’s (CVP) South-of-Delta contractors. The Bureau of Reclamation announced its updated …

California Governor Gavin Newsom has issued an emergency proclamation for an additional eight counties due to extensive damage from severe February atmospheric river storm systems which caused widespread damage and flooding. Newsom’s Proclamation of a State of Emergency noted that “…  conditions caused by these storms, by reason of their …