The Counties of Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, and Yolo invite California County leaders to a roundtable discussion on water. Come share what’s happening in your region and hear how other regions are addressing critical water needs. We expect representation from the North State, Central Valley, Mountain Counties, Bay Area, Central Coast, and Southern California. […]

GREEN ENERGY FROM WATER POWER SAVES AWA RATEPAYERS MONEY AWA Dedicates New Hydroelectric Generation Plant     Contact:   Gene Mancebo, General Manager Amador Water Agency, 209-223-3018  August 30, 2016 PHOTO BELOW: Amador Water Agency Directors, staff, county supervisors and construction contractors gathered at AWA headquarters in Sutter Creek to dedicate a new hydroelectric generating plant […]

Date: August 29, 2016 News Release U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region Stanislaus National Forest 19777 Greenley Road Sonora, CA 95370 Voice: 209-532-3671 Web: http://www.fs.usda.gov/stanislaus/ Contact: Clare Long cclong@fs.fed.us 209-288-6298 SONORA, California, August 22, 2016 – The Early Fire has burned 65 acres near Early Intake on the Cherry Lake Road area near the Preston […]

Revised staff draft regulations for the WSIP were released on August 29, 2016. Also available are documents that will be incorporated by reference, including the Draft Technical Reference Document. Available documents can be viewed on the Quantification Regulation Page.  

BY MICHAEL DOYLE  mdoyle@mcclatchydc.com WASHINGTON The Fish and Wildlife Service has stuck to its guns and is designating 1.8 million acres of mostly public California land as habitat critical for the preservation of the Yosemite toad and two frog species peculiar to the Sierra Nevada mountains. Years in the making, the politically sensitive decision, to […]

U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region Stanislaus National Forest 19777 Greenley Road Sonora, CA 95370 Voice: 209-532-3671 Web: http://www.fs.usda.gov/stanislaus/ News Release Contact: Clare Long 209-532-3671, ext 438 cclong@fs.fed.us Date: August 22, 2016 SONORA, California,  August 22, 2016 – Firefighters from the Stanislaus National Forest are managing the Mokelumne Fire for multiple objectives including allowing fire […]

Media Contacts: Reclamation: Shane Hunt, 916-978-5100,shunt@usbr.gov El Dorado Irrigation District: Jesse Saich, Public Information Officer, (530) 642-4127, jsaich@eid.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Placerville, Calif. — On Aug. 2, 2016, the Bureau of Reclamation and the El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) entered into a Warren Act contract for 17,000 acre-feet per year of EID’s Project 184 supplies […]

Moving to quickly replace General Manager Wendell Wall, whose contract was terminated Aug. 2, the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District Board of Directors named Darrell Creeks as interim general manager at its Aug. 9 meeting. Creeks has worked at the district for about 20 years and has been operations manager since 2014. His compensation for the job will be $60.10 per […]

If you divert and use water from a surface water source such as a lake, creek, stream, or river, OR you divert water from a subterranean stream that flows in a known and definite channel, California law requires you to report your diversion and use to the State Water Board, Division of Water Rights. The […]

Earlier this year, MCWRA had the unique opportunity to host 12 Rice University (Houston) students for a half day in Sacramento at the Capitol and a daylong tour of the American River Watershed.  On the eight day Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip, the students examined the impacts of the drought, visited local farms and communities most affected […]