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As California faces more severe and frequent droughts due to climate change, as well as the demands of a growing population, water recycling has become part of a portfolio of state strategies for building local self-reliance and providing more sustainable, reliable water supplies. These plans and procedures have been integrated …

The second snow survey of Water Year (WY) 2017-18 was conducted Monday at Phillips Station by Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program, and the results paint an improving – but by no means secure – picture for precipitation-needy California. Although the recent late-winter storm that brought …

Following a set of incentives to protect western ecosystems and hydroelectric facilities from invasive zebra and quagga mussels launched last June by U.S. Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI) Ryan Zinke, DOI recently released a report highlighting the progress being made regarding the aquatic invasive species. First introduced …

The Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region has issued a reminder that unauthorized drone operations are restricted around California’s Folsom and Shasta dams. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced an expanded list of restricted drone operations sites last September which included the two California dams. The FAA’s order was put in …

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has earned a 2018 Climate Leadership Award/ Goal Achievement Award for its efforts in meeting and exceeding its goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The 2018 award marks the third time in four years that DWR has earned this distinction. The award …

Veteran water manager and leader Tim Barr was recently named as Western Municipal Water District’s (Western) new Deputy General Manager. He brings nearly 30 years of public sector experience to his new position. In his new position Barr will oversee a service area of nearly 1 million customers covering 527 …