Press Release: Sonoma County Groundwater August 9, 2022 Sonoma County is Wrestling with State Groundwater Well Permitting Requirements in the Face of Growing Impacts on Existing Water Supplies, Public Health, and the Environment Sonoma County faces [...]
Voluntary Water Sharing Agreements
To date, our watershed has largely been plagued by colossal sized gaps in the available data our water managers have access to when trying to make informed decisions for our waterways. Finding ways to close [...]
First-ever Well Water Fees Proposed
The Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Sustainability Agency is currently looking at a variety of fee structures that would allow them to better achieve the goals of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Considered to be a historic [...]
Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary
Fifty years ago, US waters were severely contaminated by sewage, trash, oil, and toxic industrial pollution. The Russian River was no exception, making fishing and swimming frequently unsafe and drinking water unhealthy. The Clean Water Act [...]
Water Solutions Must be Climate Smart…Not All Solutions are Equal
Our hopes for March rains are quickly dissipating, as we are now expecting less than half an inch for the month. As our climate warms and periods of drought become more common, we need to come [...]
2022 Drought Emergency Regulations
As rain falls outside our windows and the nights get chilly, it can become easy to forget that we are still in an extreme dry period and facing a continuing water supply shortage. In fact, with [...]