El Dorado County Water Digest

President-elect Donald Trump faulted California water policies for the devastating wildfires that are burning in Los Angeles County. The fires started because of fierce winds and extremely dry conditions.

Some Northern California cities have been soaked with almost twice their average rainfall, while southern cities are bone-dry. This season’s huge — possibly unprecedented — disparity works in favor of the state’s water supplies.

New operating rules for massive Delta systems will increase water deliveries to Southern California cities and some growers. Salmon numbers could drop, especially in dry years.

In a December 10 press conference, Governor Newsom urged lawmakers to press forward in building the Sites Reservoir in Colusa County. Read on to learn more about the project, the largest new reservoirs to be built in California in the last 50 years.

Each December there’s a new version of an old guessing game about how much water will be provided to agricultural and municipal users in the year ahead.

Learn more about the CalTrans plan to replace the Meeks Creek Bridge on State Route 89 and give your feedback during the comment period which closes on December 27.

Most ships discharging ballast water into California waters are inspected, but state officials have tested the water of only 16 ships. Experts say invaders like mussels are inevitable under current rules and enforcement.

The El Dorado Water Agency recently brought together local water and utility managers and other stakeholders to collaborate in efforts to protect the watershed. Read on for more information.

Read on for information about the local businesses working with the League to Save Lake Tahoe.

A good explainer of the El Dorado Irrigation District revenues and budget for 2024 and 2025.

Work is underway to remove thousands of tons of abandoned telecommunications cable from Lake Tahoe. Read on to learn more about how it got there in the first place, and the local champions who fought to get it removed.

Sixty years ago, I was a reporter for the Klamath Falls (Oregon) Herald and News and with my family lived in a small house on the Link River, which flows out of Upper Klamath Lake, draining a large portion of the Cascade mountain range.

Low counts of spawning salmon could mean another year without fishing. Experts say the outlook still has time to turn around.

Growers support a federal and state proposal for operating California’s massive systems that send river water south. But it could harm more salmon and other endangered fish.

Most of us operate on the calendar year — the 12 months that begin on January 1 and end on December 31.

The salmon have begun their migration up Taylor Creek in South Lake Tahoe.

An introduction to Paul Penn who is running for a seat on the El Dorado Irrigation District board of directors for District 1.

The South Tahoe Public Utilities District is holding a public meeting on October 24 for a discussion on a future recycled water plan.

A grant for $240,000 was awarded by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to upgrade boat launching facilities at Sly Park Lake.

Begun in 2021, the work to remove invasive plants from Taylor and Tallac creeks in the southwest section of Lake Tahoe is coming to an end.

The Tahoe Beach Club sponsored Alpenglow Festival raised over $50,000 to be granted to local artists and nonprofit Clean Up The Lake.

The California state goal to conserve 30% of its land and coastal waters has advanced, with conserved lands reaching 25% and coastal waters 16%.

Over several days of dives at the end of June and the first days of July over 1.76 miles of underwater surveys, only low levels of litter from the shore were observed.

Efforts to bring back the native Lahontan cutthroat trout to Lake Tahoe are making progress.

A "boil water" notice was issued for the El Dorado Irrigation District Salmon Falls and Monte Vista service area following a water line break.

On July 25, a team from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife arrived to relocate a family of beavers who were causing damage to the Cameron Park lake dam.

One Beach and Patton Landing Beach have reopened to the public. Water analysis continues.

The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center will be presenting its annual State of the Lake report on August 8.

Alex Silgalis of Lake Tahoe Freshies has a seven-day bucket list to help first-time visitors maximize their Lake Tahoe experience.

A Kings County judge today issued a temporary restraining order against the state that pauses its unprecedented move to crack down on groundwater depletion in California’s agricultural heartland.

Harnessing clean energy is a venture of unprecedented scope in California, bringing big changes to Humboldt and the Central Coast, and requiring 26 ports along the coast.

Over 700 volunteers helped clean Lake Tahoe beaches following the July 4th celebrations and reported trash volume was significantly lower than the previous year.