Mountain Counties Water Resource Association (MCWRA) members are invited to participate in a series of public workshops about the American River Basin Study. This study is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and participating local agencies to evaluate the impacts of climate change and water management in the American River Basin region. […]

As printed in Mavens Notebook: Aerial view looking South along Old River, in the center is Fay Island, part of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in San Joaquin County, California. Photo taken March 08, 2019. Ken James / California Department of Water Resources Recently, the Sacramento Press Club hosted a panel discussion on the future […]

New Berkeley Lab study uses supercomputers to analyze hydrological changes in a California watershed following a wildfire. News Release Julie Chao (510) 486-6491 Berkeley Lab researchers built a numerical model of the Cosumnes River watershed, extending from the Sierra Nevada mountains to the Central Valley, to study post-wildfire changes to the hydrologic cycle. (Credit: Berkeley Lab) […]

TUD to hold ribbon cutting ceremony for the completion of the Jamestown Water Tank Project   Contact: Lisa Westbrook, Public Relations, (209) 532-5536, x501 JAMESTOWN, CA: Tuolumne Utilities District (TUD/District) is holding a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, October 10th to celebrate the completion of the Jamestown Water Tank Project. The newly constructed Jamestown Water […]

Federal Agencies Repeal Obama- Era Rule Defining Waters Regulated Under the Clean Water Act, Recodify the Pre – Existing Rule—and Signal How They May Redefine Such Waters September 17, 2019  |  David Ivester In the latest twist in a decades- long struggle to determine the reach of the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Corps of Engineers, now […]

CONTACT: Steven Palmer, P.E., General Manager  spalmer@gd-pud.org, (530) 333-4356 Georgetown Divide Public Utility District (GDPUD) will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Auburn Lake Trails Water Treatment Plant DATE:  Thursday, October 3, 2019 The Board of Directors of the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially mark the […]

James Campagna,  Water Use and Efficiency Branch, Department of Water Resources James.Campagna@water.ca.gov 916-651-9671 The fifth County Drought Advisory Group (CDAG) meeting will take place on October 1, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bonderson Hearing Room located at 901 P Street in Sacramento. The purpose of the fifth CDAG meeting is to: Present the final methodology […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES NEWSLETTER September & October 2019   Brown, Elissa@SNC  –Elissa.Brown@sierranevada.ca.gov Upcoming Grants That Might be of Interest: Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E): Better Together Resilient Communities Grant Program: Building Local Climate Resilience (due September 6) helps communities prevent and prepare for increasing wildfire risk and build local climate resilience through collaborative, community-driven approaches and […]

Registration open for the November 8, 2019 MCWRA Water Symposium Click here to RSVP: A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE FOR CALIFORNIA’S WATERSHEDS  AND WATER CONSERVATION LEGISLATION FRAMEWORK-UPDATE Date:  Friday, November 8, 2019 Program: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. Doors Open/Networking Location:  The Ridge Golf Course & Event Center, 2020 Golf Course Rd, Auburn, CA 95602 […]

A lawsuit filed on August 13, 2019, by a coalition of approximately two dozen state and local government entities petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to vacate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final action repealing the Clean Power Plan, 80 Fed. Reg. 64,662 (Oct. 23, 2015).  The State of […]