Santa Clara water district relaxes drought restrictions
Valley Water District Directors ended the drought emergency declaration in Santa Clara County and plan to ease some water use restrictions while keeping up conservation efforts.
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Valley Water District Directors ended the drought emergency declaration in Santa Clara County and plan to ease some water use restrictions while keeping up conservation efforts.
Officials with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission have voted to end their local drought declaration, joining other local water agencies that have dropped similar measures following record rains this past winter.
The onslaught of atmospheric rivers has once again filled the banks of the San Luis Reservoir east of Gilroy.
One of the East Bay's largest water districts announced it will end several drought-related restrictions, including a surcharge intended to encourage water conservation.
After struggling through years of drought stressed grapes, Napa Valley vintners are hoping this winter's rainfall will be the harbinger of an excellent vintage of wine.
If you wanted to measure California's change of water fortunes, the boat ramp at Lake Sonoma would be one place to do it.
On Monday California will complete the year's most important measure of the Sierra Nevada snow pack. Devin Fehely reports. (4-2-23)
Cal Fire says there could be a boomerang effect from the wet weather when green, grassy hills finally turn dry this summer. Devin Fehely reports. (4-1-23)
Following a winter with strong storms and record amounts of rainfall, the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) announced the easing of drought restrictions.
The recent storms have put a dent in the drought, but they've also flooded precious farmland, ruining mile after mile of crops across the state. But even at farms that didn't flood, they are still harvesting challenges.
A water resources specialist with Santa Clara Valley Water says the district is considering lifting many of the restrictions the agency implemented during the drought. Devin Fehely reports. (3-25-23)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom ended some of the state's water restrictions on Friday because a winter of relentless rain and snow has replenished the state's reservoirs and eased fears of a shortage after three years of severe drought. Anne Makovec reports.
The Alameda County Water District announced Wednesday that surcharges prompted by years of drought will be dropped in April, following one of the wettest winters on record.
Three years of drought emergency may soon be coming to an end in Sonoma County, a decision that will be considered early next month.
Three years of drought emergency may soon be coming to an end in Sonoma County, a decision that will be considered early next month. Wilson Walker reports. (3-16-23)
A parade of atmospheric river-fueled winter storms in California and other western states has erased the most extreme drought conditions for the first time since 2020 and more water is on the way, forecasters predict.
California's yearslong drought is still having a devastating impact on the salmon fishing industry. John Ramos reports. (3-12-23)
Governor Gavin Newsom is taking steps to make it easier for the state to save up the precipitation that has been slamming California.
The lake is measuring at over 100 percent of its historical average.
California's latest survey of snow levels in the Sierra Nevada shows the state continues to make gains against a punishing drought that seemed poised to drag on for a fourth consecutive year as recently as December.
There is a growing sense emerging among Western farmers that some fallowing, leaving fields unplanted, will have to be part of the solution to the increasingly desperate drought. Now the U.S. government is looking to pay farmers in California and Arizona to idle some fields.
The severe winter storms have pulled parts of California out of the drought, but while reservoirs are refilled, the state's groundwater is still running dry.
The severe winter storms have pulled parts of California out of the drought, but while reservoirs are refilled, the state's groundwater is still running dry.
Tremendous rains and snowfall since late last year have freed half of California from drought, but low groundwater levels remain a persistent problem, U.S. Drought Monitor data showed Thursday.
As extreme weather batters California throughout the year, wineries are making subtle changes that could help in big ways.
