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Over the summer, Californians were urged to replace their grass with artificial turf or other drought tolerant landscaping. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), the largest water wholesaler in the state, launched a $360 million program for Southern California residents to remove their grass. Through this program, residents would …

For months, Californians have heard that El Nino was going to bring brutal, torrential rains, especially to SoCal. Experts throughout the state have had mixed reactions to El Nino. Some say the extreme weather will solve the state’s four-year drought, while others believe it will make a slight dent in …

Kern County’s economic development agency, known as the Employers’ Training Resources Program (ETR), just received funding from the federal government and the California Economic Development Department to provide temporary employment to those were impacted by the drought. In order to qualify for this program, workers have to be unemployed for …

Southern California residents who decided to replace their grass with artificial turf could be taxed for the rebate they received from Metropolitan Water District (MWD). When MWD announced their $340 million dollar program to incentivize conservation, people began to flood the application process. The program was such a success that …

A group of California state senators sent a letter earlier this week to David Murillo, the regional director for the Bureau of Reclamation, and Felicia Marcus, chairwoman of the State Water Resources Control Board, urging them to reconsider their position regarding water exports from the Delta. According to the letter, …

With El Nino coming to full fruition, the Department of Water Resources increased the projected water delivery estimate for most of the State Water Project recipients. Most recipients’ estimate increased from 10 percent to 15 percent. “Our modest increase underscores the fact that we still have a critical water shortage …