At its January 22, 2016 meeting, the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association (MCWRA) Board of Directors authorized staff sending a “Letter of Support” to the Delta Conservancy for the Port of Stockton/Ad-Hoc Water Hyacinth Committee’s BIOFUEL Demonstration Project Grant Application.   The project would remove invasive aquatic weeds from the Delta by demonstrating that plant […]

The Natural Resources Agency is working on an effort to forge voluntary, stakeholder-based outcomes in the watersheds of the Sacramento River and major San Joaquin River tributaries.  These proposed voluntary settlement agreements could be used as a possible mechanism to help implement objectives the Water Board will set in its Bay Delta Water Quality Control […]

Member agencies provide comment letters to the State Water Resources Control Board’s proposed Emergency Conservation Regulations. In case you missed it, the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association comment letter can be found here and on Mavens Notebook:   Link to Mavens Notebook:   Amador Water Agency Comment Letter   El Dorado Irrigation District Comment Letter   […]

THEN AND NOW MCWRA pictures of PYRAMID PEAK taken in January 2015 and on January 27, 2016 In a letter to the State Water Resources Control Board, MCWRA encourages the Board to provide additional flexibility and consider further changes to the proposed Emergency Conservation Regulations. “While the proposed text in Article 22.5 Drought Emergency Water Conservation […]

On November 4, 2014, California voters approved Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014. Proposition 1 authorized the appropriation of $510 million in Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) funding for Implementation, Planning, and Disadvantaged Community Involvement efforts to each Funding Area. The Proposition 1 IRWM Grant Program, administered by DWR, provides funding […]

The MCWRA Executive membership selects Neil Cochran to serve on the Board of Directors for 2016-2017. Neil also serves as Director at the Foresthill Public Utility District (FPUD).   At its January 22, 2016, Board of Directors meeting, members appointed the following officers: President – Art Toy, Director, Amador Water Agency (AWA) Vice President – […]

      Contact: Jesse Saich, Public Information Officer, (530) 642-4127, jsaich@eid.org Placerville, Calif. — At its January 11 meeting, the EID Board of Directors approved a series of rate increases for water, wastewater (sewer), and recycled water for 2016 through 2020. The district sent Proposition 218 notices to all of its customers, detailing the proposed rate […]

The California State Water Resourced Control Board is considering whether to lift a moratorium on new water service connections in San Andreas and Mokelumne Hill, an official for the agency said this week. Bruce Burton, the assistant deputy director of Northern California Drinking Water Field Operations, said in an email that the agency, at the […]

On January 5, 2016, MCWRA sent a comment letter in response to the State Water Resources Control Board Extended Water Conservation proposal. Click here to see the webpost and comment letter Executive members El Dorado Irrigation District and Placer County Water Agency also sent comments letters.   Click for EID COMMENTS     Click for PCWA COMMENTS […]

  In the midst of rain and snow, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) is poised to extend the emergency conservation regulations next month, while issuing warning letters for failing to meet conservation mandates. The SWRCB has released its proposed regulatory framework for Extended Emergency Regulation for Urban Water Conservation.  A draft Emergency Regulation […]