SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — State and local agencies have different views when it comes to the drought in California. On a local scale, heavy rains are making an immediate impact, but…
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Overview The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) in May 2016 adopted a new emergency regulation that allowed water utilities to set their conservation standard based upon local…
Roseville, CA- Placer County, the cities of Roseville and Lincoln, Placer County Water Agency and with participation from California American Water, are hosting two public meetings on the 2014 Sustainable…
2016 was a significant year for the Regional Water Authority’s Advocacy Program. Over several years we had set up the structure, identified priorities, set goals and engaged RWA members. This was…
Rain, Long-Term Behavior Shifts Contribute to 30 Percent Savings SACRAMENTO— Sacramento-area residents continued to conserve water in October compared to the same month in 2013, according to an analysis by…
To the editor: The premise that Californians should be conserving at the same level as 2015 and that anything less is “backsliding” is ill-conceived. The reality is that our water…
Exploiting our desire to conform – through reports comparing our water usage to the norm – is one tactic increasingly used by water agencies and utility companies to push the…
Bridge Over Troubled Waters Dr. Jay Lund, director of the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, is the godfather of research on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. When he says it…
SACRAMENTO— The “Reservoir Dogs” from Sacramento Suburban Water District (SSWD) will represent the Sacramento region this spring in the American Water Works Association’s challenging Top Ops competition, a fast-paced question-and-answer…
Year-to-Date Regional Savings Exceeds 23 Percent SACRAMENTO— Sacramento-area residents reduced water use 15 percent in September compared to the same month in 2013, according to an analysis by the Regional…
