FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   11.22.21 CONTACT: Barry Dugan 707-331-2040 Barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov  (Spanish below) (Español abajo)   (Santa Rosa) ­– The Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) has filed a petition with the State Water Resources Control Board to ensure that its already depleted reservoirs are not further affected by reduced flows from the Potter Valley Project due to a mechanical failu…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  November 1, 2021 CONTACT: Barry Dugan, 707-331-2040 (cell), barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov (Spanish below) (Español abajo)   Santa Rosa, CA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership with a 2021 WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award as a professional certifying organization, for continuing to make their Qualified Water…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    October 29, 2021  CONTACT: Barry Dugan  707-331-2040 (cell) barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov  (Spanish below) (Español abajo)   The Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District (District) has released a draft of its updated Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) that creates a blueprint for reducing the damage to the District’s infrastructure from natural disasters, such as floods, droug…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  October 26, 2021  CONTACT: Barry Dugan  707-331-2040 (cell) barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov  (Spanish below) (Español abajo)   Heavy rains from Sunday’s potent atmospheric river entered the wastewater collections system in the Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District system causing several wastewater overflows. Another brief overflow occurred in Penngrove. Rainfall measured by Sono…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2021CONTACT Barry Dugan, 707-331-2040 (cell), barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov(Spanish below) (Español abajo) Santa Rosa, CA – In anticipation of  a major storm arriving Sunday and elevated river flows, the Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) on Saturday, Oct. 23 will begin the process of deflating its rubber dam located in the Russian River near Forestville. Sonoma…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  October 19, 2021 CONTACT Barry Dugan, Sonoma Water, 707-331-2040, barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov (Spanish below) (Español abajo)  (Santa Rosa, CA) – The Sonoma Water Board of Directors today approved its first-ever Climate Adaptation Plan (CAP) that provides a roadmap for the agency as it navigates the impacts of climate change …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 4, 2021CONTACT: Barry Dugan, 707-331-2040 (cell), barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov(Spanish below) (Español abajo) Santa Rosa, CA – The Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership (Partnership), a collaboration of 13 water utilities in Sonoma and Marin counties, has unveiled a new website design it hopes will increase awareness of the Partnership’s many water conservation programs…

For Immediate Release – September 28, 2021 (Spanish below) Contact: Barry Dugan Principal Programs Specialist Sonoma Water 707-331-2040  SANTA ROSA, CA – As the current historic drought continues to worsen, water customers in Sonoma and Marin counties are encouraged to pick up a free water saving kit during a “Drought Drop By” event on Saturday, October 9, 2021, from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Sonoma Water…

For Immediate Release - September 10, 2021Contact: Barry Dugan, Principal Programs Specialist, Sonoma Water, 707-331-2040Spanish below: (Santa Rosa, CA) – Sonoma County Water Agency and Second District Supervisor David Rabbitt will host a virtual Drought Town Hall on Wednesday, September 15 at 5:30 p.m. The Town Hall will be held utilizing a Zoom webinar. The focus of the meeting will be on the d…

For Immediate Release - Friday, August 27, 2021(Spanish below) Contact: Barry Dugan, Principal Programs Specialist, Sonoma Water, 707-331-2040 (Ukiah, CA) – Lake Mendocino this week fell below 20,000 acre-feet (AF) of storage, falling short of a water conservation goal established to maintain adequate downstream flows for fisheries and human health and safety needs for municipal users.A minimum s…