By John Kingsbury The Mountain Counties Water Resources Association has long been opposed to loss of local control for this region. Back in 2017 MCWRA hand-carried a letter to each Assembly and Senate legislator’s office in Sacramento to strongly oppose proposed long-term water conservation legislation as well as a backdoor push of legislation on a […]

In a letter to the “Commission on Catastrophic Wildfire Cost & Recovery”, organizations and public water suppliers encourage the Legislature and Governor to address the negative impact the existing wildfire liability regime has on California’s public drinking water suppliers, their ratepayers, and dependability of the state’s drinking water systems. To address the inequities of the […]

Placer County Water Agency launches a partnership in forest restoration The 28,000-acre French Meadows Forest Restoration Project is using a collaborative, all-lands approach to restore forest health and resilience and reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire in the headwaters of the Middle Fork of the American River, a critical municipal watershed located on the Tahoe […]

Senate Bill 474 In a recent letter to the Honorable Henry Stern, the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association (MCWRA) wrote to express opposition to SB 474, relating to the appropriation of water. Under existing law, the Department of Water Resources is required to make and file with the State Water Resources Control Board applications for […]

Implementing water conservation legislation By Dawn Hodson Water agency personnel from throughout the mountain counties gathered on March 15 at El Dorado Irrigation District headquarters for a workshop on how the state’s new water conservation legislation will be implemented. Sponsored by the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association, the workshop’s featured speaker was Peter Brostrom who leads […]