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Groundwater Supply Needs More Rain Despite Recent Storms

/in /by /KCRA Sacramentoby By Mike Leury

Water experts in Yolo County are actively monitoring water wells to measure the groundwater supply.

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“It’s certainly going to have an impact,” said Tim O’Halloran, general manager of Yolo County’s Flood Control and Water Conservation District.

 

O’Halloran monitors 150 wells daily and 11 of them on a real-time basis using remote cameras from his Woodland office.

He said that while the recent rains have helped, many more storms are needed to make a dent in California’s four-year drought.

“The groundwater is depleted,” O’Halloran said.

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El Niño Season Doesn’t Mean Stop Conserving Water

/in /by /KBAK (Bakersfield)by By Mimi Elkalla

The rain and snow Kern County has seen so far, has been a step in a positive direction, but definitely is not enough to end California’s drought.

 

Kern River Watermaster Dana Munn said what we see in the coming months will give us a better perspective on drought impacts.

 

“You almost have to look at it as an annual operation, of how the storms come in, how much water you’re able to keep in the reservoirs, how much water you’re able to recharge into the basin to replenish the groundwater,” said Munn.

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Beverly Hills City Council Postpones Water Rate Increase

/in /by /Wehoville (Hollywood)

The Beverly Hills City Council last night rejected a water rate increase presented by the city’s Public Works staff that would have had a major impact on residents of West Hollywood’s Westside.

 

But a rate increase is not off the table. The council asked the staff to make a number of changes in the proposed increase including devising a different rate structure. It also raised concerns about how water charges would be allocated among residents of multi-unit buildings where individual condos or apartment don’t have their own water meters.

 

The Beverly Hills Drinking Water Enterprise (BHDWE) supplies water to West Hollywood residents and businesses in an area whose approximate boundaries are Doheny Drive on the west, Sunset Boulevard on the north, Flores Street on the east and Beverly Boulevard on the south. The rest of West Hollywood is served by the L.A. Department of Water and Power (DWP).

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Poseidon Vote among Possibilities for New Year

/in /by /The Los Angeles Timesby By Anthony Clark Carpio

Will the California Coastal Commission approve Poseidon Water’s proposed desalination project? How will the new senior center be received by residents? Will the restrictions placed on Rainbow Environmental Services’ facility make a difference in the Oak View neighborhood?

 

These are some of the issues to look out for in 2016:

 

After studying the feasibility of subsurface intakes for the highly debated proposed desalination facility in Huntington Beach, Poseidon Water is ready to pitch its project to the California Coastal Commission a second time.

 

 

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6 Months In, Encinitas Water Districts Miss Conservation Goals

/in /by /Encinitas Advocateby By Jared Whitlock Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The two water districts that serve Encinitas both fell short of their conservation mandates in November, and cumulative savings are below their goals.

 

Residents in the San Dieguito Water District cut back 9.2 percent in November, bringing the district’s cumulative reduction over six months to 20.6 percent, according to a recently released report from the State Water Resources Control Board. The state has mandated that the district slash 28 percent.

 

Due to the crippling drought, California in June began requiring that water agencies conserve. The mandate is scheduled to expire in February, but could be extended.

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More Rain Expected Across County until Friday5

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby By Robert Krier & Joshua Emerson Smith

The most intense phases of this week’s series of storms have passed through San Diego County, but the region is still expected to receive more rain.

 

The forecast from the National Weather Service calls for precipitation to continue through midnight Friday. There should be scattered showers, plus another round or two of widespread, continuous precipitation.

 

That rain likely won’t be as heavy as the downpours witnessed Tuesday and Wednesday, but coastal and inland valley areas could get an additional inch of rain.

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/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby By Joshua Emerson Smith

November marked the second month in a row that Californians failed to meet the governor’s emergency water conservation order amid a historic drought.

 

Regulators announced Tuesday that residents used an average of 20.3 percent less water in November when compared with the same month in 2013, the baseline year for Gov. Jerry Brown’s mandate. His benchmark is a minimum savings of 25 percent.

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The program began June 1 and is scheduled to last through February, with some type of extension eyed for much of the rest of this year.

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El Niño-Fueled Storms Will Put Dent in California Drought

/in /by /USA Todayby By Doyle Rice

 

The rain and snow hitting California this week — partly fueled by an El Niño now tied with the strongest on record — will put a dent in the state’s 5-year-old drought, but there’s a catch.

 

“This week’s storms will help but will not end drought conditions in California,” said Michael Anderson, the state climatologist. The heavy rain brings a double-edged sword: the likelihood of floods and landslides in parts of the state, 97.3% of which is experiencing drought.

/in /by /Lake Tahoe Newsby By Anne Knowles

The Truckee River Operating Agreement is a done deal.

Parties to the landmark water compact, which went into effect Dec. 1 after nearly three decades of negotiations and work, took time out Tuesday to celebrate.

 

“From a drought perspective, this is a game changer,” Leo Drozdoff, director of the Nevada Department of Conservation & Natural Resource, said Jan. 5. “It provides certainty in uncertain times.”

 

 

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Water Management Looks at the Water We Can’t See

/in /by /Central Valley Business Journal

California’s historic drought has forced the state to rely on underground water reserves to an extent unseen in decades. One of the biggest water issues facing the state is how to maintain and rebuild its groundwater supply.

 

“After four years of drought, farmers are looking to gather up more water than ever,” said Jay R. Lund, director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis. “People are going to be trying to refill aquifers with increased motivation due to the fourth year of drought.”

 

 

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