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Pres. Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate Brenda W. Burman as the commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Burman, a Reclamation veteran, is currently the director of Water Policy for Arizona’s Salt River Project (SRP) which was one of Reclamation’s original projects in 1903. Arizona’s SRP delivers …

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries), the two federal agencies that implement the Endangered Species Act (ESA), issued biological opinions on Monday that the construction and operations of WaterFix, as proposed, would not jeopardize the continued existence of ESA-listed species. This …

Ninety homes near the Kings River Golf Course were evacuated just after midnight on Saturday morning when the Kings River breeched its banks. Parts of the golf course were inundated with some 10 feet of standing water due to increased snow melt amid the soaring summer temperatures following the state’s …

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is urging caution and is encouraging the public to practice general water safety as the department works to handle the massive runoff water resulting from this year’s near-record snowpack in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains. The high temperatures of the past …

The Soquel Creek Water District (SCWD) announced earlier this week they are the recipients of two industry awards – the “Transparency Certificate of Excellence” Award from the California Special District Leadership Foundation and from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). The California Special District …

A grant of up to $4,000,000 has been authorized by the board of the State Coastal Conservancy to the city of Los Angles for the San Fernando Valley Stormwater Capture Project. The funds will be used for the design, implementation and monitoring of five sites in the San Fernando Valley. …