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According to a recent snowpack survey, California has 83 percent of its annual snowpack. The number, which is considered low, is one of California’s main water supplies. The amount of snowpack seen – around 58.3 inches – is the most the state has received since March of 2011, suggesting the …

Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis) introduced Senate Bill 1317, commonly known as the Aquifer Protection Act last week which requires cities and counties overlying high and medium priority basins to apply conditions to permits for new wells by July 1, 2017, to prevent undesirable impacts on aquifers. The bill also prohibits new …

On Friday, Congressmen Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) and Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) introduced a bill, which would respond to the closure of estuary restoration projects and improve the Estuary Restoration Act of 2000 (ERA). Under the ERA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are allowed to enter into private partnerships with …

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) will be holding two public hearings to receive resident input on the 2015 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP), the city’s long-term water resources management strategy for the next 25 years. The primary function of the UWMP is to create new, sustainable …

Earlier this week, Healdsberg Elementary School, located in Sonoma County, was closed due to concerns over high levels of lead found in the school’s water. Initial testing was conducted in late 2015 after cloudy water was discovered. Parents were notified of the school’s aging pipes causing the high levels of …

During the month of January, Californians missed Governor Jerry Brown’s water conservation mandate goal of 25 percent, a first since the mandatory mandate went into effect. Residents saved 24.8 percent, a small margin from the 25 percent goal. “We’re hoping for every raindrop and every snowflake we can handle. We’re …