TOP STORIES
By CNN, 5/5/22
Drought conditions worsened in much of the Southwest over the past week, according to the latest update from the US Drought Monitor, deepening the region's water crisis and fueling record-setting wildfires across multiple states.
By PASADENA / SAN GABRIEL VALLEY JOURNAL, 5/4/22
Pasadena Water and Power (PWP) is committed to providing reliable and high-quality water service to the community. To advance this goal, a major water infrastructure project is scheduled to begin Monday, May 9, along Arroyo Parkway. The project will replace the existing over 90-year-old, 8-inch water main to increase the reliability and quality of water service. Construction work will span from Glenarm Street to Cordova Street, and is expected to be completed in June 2023.
WATER SUPPLY & QUALITY
By KCRA 3, 5/5/22
For the first time in nearly two years, Folsom Lake is looking nearly full. The sight of a high waterline is a welcome one for boaters, boarders and jet skiers whose season was limited or even canceled last year because of low water levels. Managers with the Department of Reclamation say that the turnaround this season was a combination of some late-season rain and snow in April and better system-wide water management and forecasting overall.
By San Jose Spotlight, 5/5/22
San Jose officials are restricting water use for new developments, but conservationists want to see the city take more aggressive steps.
San Jose councilmembers voted Tuesday to amend the city’s water efficient landscape ordinance—a 1993 rule which is periodically updated. City officials said there’s an urgent need for new developments to only install drought-tolerant landscapes, citing the extreme dry conditions affecting the Bay Area and the state.
By KSBW, 5/5/22
With the state in a drought emergency and the San Luis Reservoir at record lows, San Benito County water managers are implementing mandatory water conservation measures throughout the county.
“It's just a really tough situation that we're dealing with but, I mean, there is need for conserving water and trying to do your best that way we have the water for the needs the resources that we need it for,” said Darren Leach, a cattle rancher in Paicines.
CLIMATE & WEATHER
By ABC 7 News, 5/5/22
Can't stop sneezing? It turns out there's more pollen in the air compared to 30 years ago and climate change may now be making it worse.
According to a recent study co-authored by Allison Steiner, pollen season is going to get longer and even more intense as a result of climate change.
CALIFORNIA WATERSHEDS
By KPBS, 5/5/22
San Diego County is using new, high-tech tests that will allow officials to test ocean water and find out if that water is safe for swimming, in just one day. County supervisor Nora Vargas said the county is the first local government to get U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval to use the new, sophisticated tests. The switch is the culmination of years of testing.
By San Francisco Chronicle, 5/6/22
At California’s second biggest freshwater lake, the latest fallout of drought is gruesome: dead fish in nearby stream beds that have run dry. Some of the foot-long, silvery Clear Lake hitch have been decapitated by raccoons and other varmints, which have had easy pickings of the beached minnow.
By Jefferson Public Radio, 5/5/22
California water regulators hosted a public forum on Wednesday to collect comments about re-adopting drought emergency regulations for Siskiyou County’s Scott and Shasta River watersheds. The meeting attracted ranchers, tribal members and environmental groups, all concerned about access to water during the third year of a punishing drought in the state.
“We’ve officially been experiencing drought conditions for a year now and, unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be any relief in sight,” said Ann Marie Ore with the California State Water Resources Control Board.
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES
Bloomberg, 5/6/22
The 2020 wildfires that incinerated a record 4.3 million acres in California harken to centuries past when huge swaths of the state burned annually, researchers have found, but today’s climate-driven conflagrations are far more destructive to the environment and human health.
By Fox 40, 5/5/22
California just experienced its driest first quarter of a given year on record, and because of that, the California Fire Council is launching a first-of-its-kind statewide program to fine-tune wildfire prevention at a more local level. There’s now a staff of newly-hired fire-safe coordinators who will shepherd operations in 24 counties.
AGENCIES, PROGRAMS, PEOPLE
By Maven's Notebook, 5/6/22
IN CALIFORNIA WATER NEWS TODAY …Water districts bail on Kern’s largest groundwater agency; form their own group, Endangered California salmon returned to safer waters after more than a century.
By WaterWorld, 5/6/22
The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) presented the first annual Excellence in Innovation Award to Sonoma County Water Agency for its Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO).
ACWA’s Excellence in Innovation Award is a new annual award program that recognizes outstanding innovations by public water agencies. The award, sponsored by CDM Smith, was presented during ACWA’s 2022 Spring Conference & Exhibition in Sacramento, where more than 1,300 leaders from local water agencies in California gathered for programs and panel discussions on a variety of key water issues.
EVENTS
Join us help plan for the Tribal Water Summit in 2023.
Start: Mon 16 May 2022, 2:00 PM
End: Mon 16 May 2022, 4:00 PM
The California Financing Coordination Committee (CFCC) conducts free funding fairs statewide each year to educate the public and offer potential customers the opportunity to meet with financial representatives from each agency to learn more about their available funding.
Start: Tue 17 May 2022, 9:00 AM
End: Tue 17 May 2022, 2:00 PM
California Water Plan Update 2023 Tribal Advisory Committee Meeting
Start: Mon 23 May 2022, 1:00 PM
End: Mon 23 May 2022, 3:00 PM
The California Financing Coordination Committee (CFCC) conducts free funding fairs statewide each year to educate the public and offer potential customers the opportunity to meet with financial representatives from each agency to learn more about their available funding.
Start: Wed 25 May 2022, 9:00 AM
End: Wed 25 May 2022, 2:00 PM
This is the first of three webinars to inform and solicit input from stakeholders on the development of a guidebook to support the preparation of County Drought Plans which focus on state small water systems and domestic wells as required under SB 552. During this first webinar, DWR and State Water Board will review the SB 552 requirements for counties and the plan to develop a guidebook as technical assistance, and solicit input on needed tools and considerations that could help counties meet the requirements.
Start: Thu 2 Jun 2022, 10:30 AM
End: Thu 2 Jun 2022, 12:30 PM
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