A Pollock Pines-based group has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent EID from piping a section of its vital raw water conveyance system. The unlined Upper Main Ditch conveys raw water approximately three miles from Forebay Reservoir in Pollock Pines to EID’s Reservoir 1 Water Treatment Plant.       Contact: Jesse Saich, (530) 642-4127, […]

CCWD to Hold Reach 1 Pipeline Replacement Project Town Hall June 5 The Calaveras County Water District is holding a town hall meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday June 5 at Mountain Christian Fellowship at 3488 Highway 4 in Murphys to discuss the Reach 1 Pipeline Replacement Project. The project will replace a water transmission main […]

AMADOR WATER AGENCY TANNER WATER TREATMENT PLANT & BACKWASH RECYCLING FACILITY DEDICATION                           PHOTO:  AWA Board of Directors and guests dedicated a new water conservation project at the Water Agency’s Tanner Water Treatment Plant. Left to right: AWA Directors Art Toy, Rich Farrington, Susan […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES NEWSLETTER June & July 2019   Funding Research Memos for fuel reduction, parks and trails, habitat preservation, environmental education, and other program areas are available on the SNC funding opportunities webpage. This is a great way to find funding opportunities for your projects! Upcoming Grants That Might be of Interest: US Environmental Protection Agency Recreation […]

MCWRA is pleased to introduce and welcome new members!   Murphys Sanitary District, (MSD) provides sewer collection and treatment services to residential and commercial businesses within the MSD’s  boundaries. MSD was organized in 1959 under Division VI of the California Health and Safety Code. The District covers an area of approximately 4 square miles and […]

By John Kingsbury You may have heard by now that the state of California has approved legislation that mandates permanent, statewide water conservation. This is another successful effort by state government to wrest control of precious water resources from local water districts. The loss of local control is a loss of cost containment, a loss of […]