The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is reporting that statewide efforts to track groundwater information from the state’s 127 high-and-medium-priority groundwater basins has reached an all-time high of 94 percent participating. These basins are now fully monitored and more than 1.5 million groundwater elevation measurements from these basins, throughout …
Read More »Cadiz Water Project Prevails: Opponents will not Appeal Cadiz Court Victories
Cadiz Inc. has announced that the review period by the California State Supreme Court of the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project (Cadiz Water Project) has expired as of Monday, July 11. With the expiration of the available time period for further review of administrative decisions and judicial …
Read More »Rain Bird Gives Community Church and Preschool a Landscape Renovation
Outdoor water use estimated to be cut by more than 500,000 gallons per year In celebration of Smart Irrigation Month, Rain Bird Corporation is unveiling the CLC Landscape Renovation Project, a charitable partnership that showcases irrigation products and smart watering practices from 25 Ways to Save, an initiative Rain Bird launched in …
Read More »Rebates remain available for turf removal, replacement with low water landscapes
~ Do not start your project before receiving your reservation approval ~ Rebates are still available through the Department of Water Resources (DWR) for turf removal and replacement with low water landscapes at California single-family residences in support of the state’s drought response. On April 1, 2015, Gov. Jerry Brown …
Read More »California Energy Commission provides grants to convert waste timber to energy
Caused by years of California’s drought conditions and exacerbated by a bark beetle infestation, the state is experiencing an unprecedented tree die-off. An estimated 66 million trees have succumbed to one or both of the conditions according to the U. S. Forest Service. The dead timber significantly increases the potential …
Read More »Shasta release plan to balance needs of fish and agriculture
Officials from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife recently briefed members of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) on this year’s Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan (SRTMP). This year’s temperature management plan points to a release schedule from Lake Shasta that is …
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