Nevada County Local News: Water


All Local Water News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

California Local Pin Marker From Sacramento Bee...

12/08/2023
The California Department of Water Resources released an environmental impact report for a tunnel that the state would like to build through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The report identifies potential impacts to farmland, tribal remains and endangered species of fish.

California Local Pin Marker From Inside Climate News...

11/29/2023
Water managers in Pajaro Valley are paying farmers for water they get back into the ground. The move comes as California has grappled with water shortages in recent years.

California Local Pin Marker From Voice of San Diego...

11/21/2023
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is getting a $100 million loan to help cover a shortfall more than three times as large. The district also may change how it charges its more than 19 million customers for water.

California Local Pin Marker From YubaNet...

11/21/2023
In preparation for the single-use plastic bottle ban South Lake Tahoe will implement in 2024, Take Care Tahoe has released a new Drink Tahoe Tap Map that lists locations where people can freely fill up reusable water bottles.

California Local Pin Marker From Sacramento Bee...

11/13/2023
Much of California could get hit by extreme weather conditions this winter. A major storm is due to hit Northern California this week.

California Local Pin Marker From ProPublica...

11/09/2023
The Elmore Desert Ranch gets 22.5 billion gallons of water from the Colorado River, almost as much as is cleared for Scottsdale, Ariz. And that’s just a fraction of the 386.5 billion gallons from the river going to 19 other families in Imperial Valley.

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11/08/2023
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After two decades of service to the Northstar Community Services District, General Manager Mike Staudenmayer has announced his retirement effective in December 2024. Mike Geary will be appointed assistant general manager.

California Local Pin Marker From Los Angeles Times...

11/07/2023
Intense rains have California out of a drought less than a year after most of the state faced water shortages. A climatologist is urging wise water usage ahead of California’s next drought.

California Local Pin Marker From San Joaquin Valley Sun...

11/07/2023
The first reservoir in California in nearly 50 years is now on the fast track for completion.

California Local Pin Marker From CalMatters...

10/25/2023
Wet weather and planned cuts by California, Arizona and Nevada averted declines that could have threatened water deliveries and power production—but long-term threats to the Colorado River remain.

California Local Pin Marker From CalMatters...

10/12/2023
Hundreds of wells in Tulare Lake aquifer are at risk of going dry. Today's recommendation is the first time that state officials have moved to crack down on local plans that fail to stop excessive groundwater pumping.

California Local Pin Marker From CalMatters...

10/04/2023
Water providers say rebates for residential areas are costly and residents may refuse to remove their lawns. The rules aim to save enough water for more than a million households a year.

California Local Pin Marker From CalMatters...

09/13/2023
The irrigation bill, which aims to force businesses and institutions to remove their lawns, now goes to the governor.

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09/08/2023
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Palisades Development, LLC will have to pay $1.65 million in fines to the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board for various violations.

California Local Pin Marker From YubaNet...

08/23/2023
The joint project brings together interdisciplinary collaborators from the Department of Fisheries Biology and the Department of Native American Studies, as well as local and regional organizations, to assess the viability of bull kelp growth in Humboldt Bay.

California Local Pin Marker From YubaNet...

08/14/2023
At Little Grass Valley Reservoir Recreation Area, the water system for Little Beaver, Running Deer and Red Feather campgrounds on the east side of the reservoir failed yesterday.

California Local Pin Marker From The Sacramento Bee...

08/09/2023
A Trump administration plan for delivering more water to Central Valley farmers—bottled up in court by opponents for almost four years—could be returned from legal limbo this summer by House Republicans.

California Local Pin Marker From Sierra Sun...

07/29/2023
One hundred fifty years of physical and ecological impacts associated with natural resource use, development of major infrastructure and land development, Donner Lake and the larger Middle Truckee River Watershed have actually been listed as impaired for sediment under the Federal Clean Water Act for many years.

California Local Pin Marker From Tahoe Daily Tribune...

07/28/2023
Clean Up the Lake, known for its 72-mile cleanup project around the shores of Lake Tahoe, has opened its Environmental Dive Center at Lake Tahoe.

California Local Pin Marker From YubaNet...

07/26/2023
Much has changed in a short time at Nevada Irrigation District. Fewer than five years ago, the water district was laying the groundwork for construction of the controversial Centennial Dam. Now there’s a new general manager and the dam has been back-burnered.