“Drought – A View From The Top”   RSVP Today – Registration is available online until March  6 at: https://acwa.eventready.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=reg.page&event_id=1470 WHEN:    Tuesday, March 11, 2014– 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.                     Onsite check-in and networking will begin at 9:30 a.m.                       Lunch will be provided.   WHERE: The Ridge Golf Course and Event Center 2020 Golf Course Rd., […]

The water crisis in California and the western United States has a better chance of being solved if Northern California is part of a Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) that includes a broader statewide comprehensive solution. MCWRA Executive Member agency Placer County Water Agency’s Einar Maisch sat down with Tim Quinn, Association of Water Association […]

Calaveras Enterprise article Mountain Democrat article Yubanet article By: John Kingsbury, Executive Director, Mountain Counties Water Resources Association After three dry years, California and the nation are understandably focused on the immediate problems associated with water shortages. As stewards of the source of one-third of the waters that flow from the mountains to the valleys and through […]

MCWRA & ACWA Region 3 Joint Program Tuesday, March 11, 2014 The Ridge Golf Course and Events Center 2020 Golf Course Road, Auburn On Line Registration open very soon Click for: Save the Date Flyer California State Water Resources Control Board Frances Spivy-Weber, Vice Chair United States Bureau of Reclamation Michelle Denning, Regional Planning Officer Arlan Nickel, […]

On February 11, 2014, the MCWRA Legislative & Governmental Affairs Committee held a 2-hour workshop in Sacramento at the offices of Cardno ENTRIX. The program topic was: Effective Communications with State and Federal Representatives and their Staff MCWRA  Board members, General Managers, and Committee Members had the opportunity to hear from Mr. James H. Lecky, […]

SB 927 – Senators Cannella and Vidak MCWRA asks for funding allocation for ecosystem and watershed protection and restoration projects in the Delta headwaters. Click for more: Senator Cannella & Vidak SB 848 – Senator Wolk MCWRA asks for a funding allocation specific for the Mountain Counties Overlay area. Click for more: Senator Lois Wolk

DWR will be holding three workshops to gather input on potential changes to improve the grant solicitation process for the Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) program including Round 3 of IRWM Implementation Grant (IG) solicitation. DWR intends to allow sufficient time to gather public input at the workshops for its consideration in drafting revised IRWM […]

For Immediate Release Contact: George Kostyrko January 31, 2014 (916) 341-7365 Responding to record dry conditions and diminishing water supplies in the state’s major rivers and reservoirs, the State Water Resources Control Board announced two key actions today to protect public health and safety from more severe water shortages should extreme drought conditions continue. Click […]