AUBURN, Calif. (May 28, 2020) — The Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) Board of Directors approved an agreement allowing the Dutch Flat Mutual Water Company (Dutch Flat Mutual) to consolidate with PCWA at its meeting on May 21. The agreement allows for the extension of PCWA’s distribution system into the Dutch Flat community, effectively connecting current […]
MEETING REMINDER, Webinar Link & AGENDA Residential Landscape Area Measurement Project Technical Work Group Quarterly Meeting June 3, 2020 The Department of Water Resources Water Use Efficiency Branch will hold the 2nd quarterly Technical Work Group meeting on June 3, 2020 from 9:00 AM-1:00 PM. The meeting will be an on-line webinar. The agenda is attached to this email. Please register for […]
Water Management Investments in the North State to Improve the Environment in Northern California Water suppliers in the rural and urban parts of the Sacramento River Basin are unified through the North State Water Alliance (Alliance) to make Water Management Investments to Improve the Environment in Northern California for future generations. The Alliance is working […]
This Informational release provided by: MCWRA Lobbyist Reeb Government Relations, Raquel Ayala, J.D. raquelayala@comcast.net Last Thursday, May 14, Governor Newsom released the State’s Budget May Revise for Fiscal Year 2020-2021. The Governor began his press conference by reminiscing on the economic health the state enjoyed at the beginning of this year which had allowed him to […]
In a letter to the Honorable Senator Mitchell and Assemblymember Ting, MCWRA wrote to express support for the funding levels proposed by Governor Newsom in its January Budget proposal for Wildfire Prevention efforts in the state. The State Budget proposed in January included: $120 million General Fund ($150 million ongoing) and 677 positions, phased in […]
The Calaveras County Water District (CCWD) was notified Tuesday April 28 that it had been awarded a $2.1 million grant to replace five, aging redwood water storage tanks with steel, ignition-resistant tanks along the upper Highway 4 Corridor. The grant was awarded to CCWD by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and it will cover […]
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released on April 24, 2020 the Draft Recommended Funding List for the Mountain Counties funding area for the Proposition 1 Round 1 Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Implementation Grant Solicitation. Approximately $4.5 million in grant funding is being made available for implementation projects with approximately $1.8 million being made available for projects […]
The one-of-a-kind French Meadows partnership restored forest health to 1,066 acres of critical headwaters in the first year of the French Meadows Forest Restoration Project implementation, reducing stand density by over 30% and harvesting over 3 million board feet of timber and 4,200 green tons of biomass. Thus, resulting in net greenhouse gas savings of […]
