Local Disadvantaged Community Project Funded
On June 24, 2015, the Department of Water Resources announced the award of the 2014 Water-Energy Grant Program whereby SAWPA’s regional project, the Water-Energy Community Action Network (WECAN), will receive a total of $2.3 […]
2014 Riverwalk
A Volunteer Effort: The 2014 Riverwalk
The Santa Ana River Watershed includes a mixture of urban, suburban and rural populations of people that border the Pacific Ocean, small creeks and the region’s central waterway, the […]
OWOW 2015 Implementation
As a City Manager, General Manager, Tribal Representative, Non-Profit Manager, etc. you are responsible to the constituents you serve. The catch is that as a leader you can no longer go it alone because […]
Banner Year for the Brine Line
It’s been a great year for the Inland Empire Brine Line, which exported 92,000 tons of salty brine water to help protect groundwater in the upper Santa Ana River Watershed.
SAWPA’s Brine Line was built […]
Groundwater Reduction During Drought in the Colorado River Basin
There is region that covers a large part of the American West, 1/12th the Continental U.S. land mass in fact, that is in a 14 year drought. Researchers from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of California, Irvine found […]
2014 IRWM Emergency Drought Grant Solicitation
Background
On January 17, 2014, Governor Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown declared a drought state of emergency. With less rains, the State is finding ways to direct funds to drought-impacted communities, thus SB 103 and 104, […]
Getting on the Same Page for a Common Goal
Adoption of the OWOW 2.0 Plan by Mark Norton On February 4, 2014, the SAWPA Commission officially adopted the One Water One Watershed (OWOW) 2.0 Plan , Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Plan for the Santa Ana River Watershed. . […]
How Well Do Block Rate Water Budgets Promote Water Use Efficiency?
Dr. Ken Baerenklau Present Study on Block Rates to the SAWPA Commission How well do block rate water budgets work to encourage customers to conserve water? Dr. Ken Baerenklau, Associate Professor of Environmental Economics Policy at the University of California, […]
Regional Integrated Water Resources Workshop
For those who attended the Regional Integrated Water Resources Workshop on December 19, 2013, SAWPA would like to thank you for making it a successful one. We hope that you found the information on […]
A Quick Glance at the Draft OWOW 2.0 Plan
This updated Plan reflects the culmination of the hard work and dedication of the ten stellar OWOW Pillar workgroups (http://www.sawpa.org/owow/pillars/) in identifying new implementation projects and programs that will address the water resource challenges facing our region. The draft OWOW […]
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