EBMUD Unveils Another List Of Excessive Water Users

EBMUD Unveils Another List Of Excessive Water Users

The East Bay Municipal Utility District released today nearly 1,100 names of customers who in a two-month billing cycle used more than 1,000 gallons of…

San Francisco Supervisor Proposes Making It Easier For Residents To Recycle Water

San Francisco Supervisor Proposes Making It Easier For Residents To Recycle Water

A San Francisco supervisor is hoping to make it easier for the city’s residents to install simple recycled water systems for irrigation. Supervisor Scott Wiener…

SFPUC Unveils Ad Campaign Urging Residents to Conserve Water

SFPUC Unveils Ad Campaign Urging Residents to Conserve Water

Bay Area residents are doing a good job reducing their water usage, but San Francisco Public Utilities Commission officials hope an eye-catching ad campaign unveiled…

SFPUC Requires Outdoor Irrigation Accounts to Reduce Water Usage by 25 Percent Compared to 2013

SFPUC Requires Outdoor Irrigation Accounts to Reduce Water Usage by 25 Percent Compared to 2013

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission passed a measure today that aims to aggressively conserve water in the city by increasing the mandatory outdoor irrigation…

Ugliest Yard Competition Raising Awareness of Drought Tolerant Plants

Ugliest Yard Competition Raising Awareness of Drought Tolerant Plants

The City of San Francisco is asking residents to compete to see who has the ugliest yard in town as a way of raising awareness…

Weak Sierra Snow Pack Suggests Another Year of Drought

Weak Sierra Snow Pack Suggests Another Year of Drought

Snow pack in the Sierra Nevada mountain range has decreased in the month of January, fueling concerns that California may have to endure a fourth…

Mandatory Water Use Restrictions Passed in SF, East Bay

Mandatory Water Use Restrictions Passed in SF, East Bay

Water regulatory agencies in San Francisco and the East Bay imposed mandatory restrictions on water use to help alleviate California’s drought today. The East Bay…

SFPUC Urges 10 Percent Consumption Reduction in Wake of Water Supply Update

SFPUC Urges 10 Percent Consumption Reduction in Wake of Water Supply Update

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission gave its mid-year water supply update today and announced that the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System storage is at…

As Spring Begins, Bay Area Rainfall Levels Remain At Record Low

As Spring Begins, Bay Area Rainfall Levels Remain At Record Low

Today is the first day of spring, and the rainy season is quickly coming to a close and rainfall in the Bay Area has been…

Court In SF Upholds Protections For Delta Smelt

Court In SF Upholds Protections For Delta Smelt

A U.S. appeals court in San Francisco today upheld a federal wildlife agency’s conclusion that massive water project diversions of water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin…

Even With Recent Storms, Bay Area Rainfall Still Way Below Normal

Even With Recent Storms, Bay Area Rainfall Still Way Below Normal

Even with a few more days of scattered showers in the forecast this week, rain totals around the Bay Area are still well below normal,…

Bay Area Officials Applaud Plan To Provide $687.4 Million In Drought Relief Funding

Bay Area Officials Applaud Plan To Provide $687.4 Million In Drought Relief Funding

Gov. Jerry Brown and state Democratic leaders today announced emergency legislation providing $687.4 million in funding to support drought relief projects. The legislation includes funds…

Rainy Weekend Wasn’t Enough To Reverse Drought Situation

Rainy Weekend Wasn’t Enough To Reverse Drought Situation

The parched Bay Area got a soaking over the weekend, but not enough to alleviate drought concerns, weather and state water officials said today. The…

Droughtwatch 2014: Deliveries To California Department of Water Resources Customers Cease

Droughtwatch 2014: Deliveries To California Department of Water Resources Customers Cease

The California Department of Water Resources announced today that there will be no water deliveries to customers in the wake of a statewide drought. Customers…

Letting It Mellow: Water Level Problems Prompt SF PUC To Ask You To Cut Your Water Use By 10%

Letting It Mellow: Water Level Problems Prompt SF PUC To Ask You To Cut Your Water Use By 10%

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is asking its customers to voluntarily reduce their water usage by 10 percent because of ongoing drought conditions in…

Water Conservation Ordered: Gov Brown Declares Drought State Of Emergency In California

Water Conservation Ordered: Gov Brown Declares Drought State Of Emergency In California

12:03 PM: Gov. Jerry Brown today proclaimed a drought state of emergency in what is expected to be the driest year on record in California….