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While many residents in the Bay Area and Central Valley are feeling the severe impacts of the California drought, the majority of the state is hoping a strong El Nino will fix the state’s water supply deficit. Instead of relying on that hope, the city of San Francisco has decided …

Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) recently completed an 18-month project that brought a state-of-the-art sewer system to Temecula’s Wine Country, located in Riverside County. The project is said to improve groundwater quality by removing the need for septic systems at the wineries. Groundwater contamination occurs throughout the basin when septic …

Because of the California drought, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is proving to have a number of challenges. A handful of scientists across the nation and Canada came together to look at how the Delta’s challenges impact the region and the world. “Times of severe drought provide a stark reminder of the …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is working to remove a drought barrier in the Delta that was installed under emergency circumstances. DWR installed the barrier in June as a means of protecting the Delta from salt water. The idea was to protect the integrity and quality of the Delta’s …

The State Water Resources Control Board announced California’s conservation numbers for the month of August. During August, Californians surpassed Governor Brown’s 25 percent water reduction mandate. As a whole, the state saved almost 27 percent compared to August 2013. The average daily water use for August was 102 residential gallons …

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has agreed to fund $9.38 million for 100 projects to implement water irrigation systems on farms that will ultimately reduce greenhouse gas emissions and produce water savings. Funding for the projects come from the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP) that was …