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It was a typical year for rainwater injection into the Seaside Groundwater Basin in Northern California, officials said. “Seasonal rains came later this year,”  Eric Sabolsice, California American Water Operations director, said. During the rainy months of March and April, the storage program injected 530 acre-feet which is similar to …

By Jim Steinberg Over the next three years the Dr Pepper Snapple Group will give $750,000 in support of the Los Angeles River and the American and Sacramento rivers in Northern California. These new California projects continue a longstanding relationship between the DPS Group and The Nature Conservancy. In its …

By: Jim Steinberg San Bernardino Valley’s water wholesaler has received a $1 million grant to develop a mathematical model for predicting surface and groundwater flows along the Santa Ana River. The study, funded by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, will enable …

By Jim Steinberg WASHINGTON>>Record-low snowpack levels in the Colorado River Basin means Lake Powell runoff will amount to just 42 percent of the historical average this year, experts say. With the drought and its related low runoff condition going back 18 years, federal officials say the current period is one …

Three California water districts in a collaborative water supply reliability vision recently announced the formation of a public agency that will be charged with overseeing design and construction of the California Waterfix. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, along with the Santa Clara Valley Water District and the Zone 7 …

Shasta County Landowner Seven Hill LLC has been assessed a settlement fee of $27,720 by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (CVRWQCB) for failing to obtain the required permit for discharging waste from irrigated cropland. State law requires water quality permits for commercial irrigated lands. These permits are …