Governor Brown recently signed AB 1668 (Friedman) and SB 606 (Hertzberg), two bills based on the Brown Administration’s 2017 “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” framework. These new bills include a number of provisions for agricultural and urban water suppliers that are intended to enhance water use efficiency and water management planning requirements … Continue reading “What’s Behind the Headlines: California’s New Water Use Efficiency Laws”

  By Harmony Gugino, Project Manager Western Shasta Resource Conservation District In late April, flows from the Sacramento River came rushing in to the new Kapusta 1a side channel at river mile 288 just upstream from the City of Anderson. What an exciting moment to witness! Check out our video. Where the side-channel exits to … Continue reading “Kapusta 1a Side Channel Project is Now Open!”

On the heels of the Legislature’s action last week to not advance the water tax proposal as part of the state budget, there is a strong need and opportunity to move forward to improve access to safe drinking water for many more Californians. All Californians deserve clean and safe drinking water, and there should be … Continue reading “Moving Forward to Improve Access to Safe Drinking Water”

  98 percent of Californians served by a public water system receive drinking water that meets all federal and state drinking water standards according to the State Water Resources Control Board’s Safe Drinking Water Plan for California (June 2015). In the Sacramento Valley (the northern part of the Great Central Valley), farmers, ranchers and refuge … Continue reading “Ensuring Safe Drinking Water in the Sacramento Valley”