FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  - June 17, 2019 CONTACT: Barry Dugan, Principal Programs Specialist: 707-547-1930, 707-331-2040, barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov (Santa Rosa, CA)  The Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) began stream maintenance activities in or near more than 50 streams throughout Sonoma County this week to restore conveyance capacity and maintain proper function of Sonoma Wa…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 14, 2019 Fountain Valley, California – The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) will receive $9.25 million toward funding for research into atmospheric rivers in the California Legislature’s 2019-2020 budget.  A coalition of California water agencies, that included the Orange County Water District (OCWD), Sonoma Water, San Diego County …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 30, 2019 CONTACT - Barry Dugan, Principal Programs Specialist: 707-547-1930, 707-331-2040, barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov (Forestville, CA)  – For the second time this year, the Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) is in the process of raising its rubber dam on the Russian River near Forestville. The seasonal dam was originally inflated on May 6 as r…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 28, 2019 CONTACT: Barry Dugan, Principal Programs Specialist: 707-547-1930, 707-331-2040, barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov Santa Rosa, CA – The Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) Board of Directors (Board) last Tuesday approved a set of rate adjustments for the eight sanitation districts and zones that provide sewer service to more than 18,000 …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2019   CONTACT Barry Dugan Principal Programs Specialist 707-547-1930 707-331-2040 barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov   River forecast to reach 6,000 cubic feet per second Sunday night (Forestville, CA)  – Less than a week after it had fully inflated its rubber dam on the  Russian River in preparation for summertime w…

Contacts: Congressman Jared Huffman: Alexa Shaffer, 202-236-3421, Alexa.Shaffer@mail.house.gov Sonoma Water: Brad Sherwood, 707-322-8192 sherwood@scwa.ca.gov California Trout: Tracey Diaz, 415-392-8887 x103   tdiaz@caltrout.org Mendocino IWPC: Janet Pauli, jpauli@pauliranch.com The Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water), Mendocino Inland Water and Power Commission, and Ca…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 6, 2019 CONTACT - Barry Dugan, Principal Programs Specialist: 707-547-1930, 707-331-2040, barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov Anglers, Boaters Must Portage Around Dam (Forestville, CA)  – The Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) began inflating its rubber dam on the Russian River near Forestville on Monday, May 6. The rubber dam is a critical component o…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April 18, 2019 CONTACT: Barry Dugan, Principal Programs Specialist - 707-547-1930, 707-331-2040, barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov Geyserville, CA – On Monday, April 22, the Public Policy Facilitating Committee (PPFC) will take a virtual tour of projects designed to help restore endangered and threatened fish to the Russian River watershed, while maintaining the regi…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - February 7, 2019 CONTACT - Barry Dugan, Senior Programs Specialist: 707-547-1930, 707-331-2040, barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov Santa Rosa, CA – The Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) Board of Directors (Board) has approved a project to bring sewer service to the Larkfield Estates neighborhood that was destroyed in the October, 2017 Tubbs Fire. The project was a…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 17, 2019 CONTACT: Barry Dugan - 707-547-1930,  707-331-2040, barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov Santa Rosa, CA – The atmospheric river that swept into Sonoma County this week sent reservoirs levels rising in the two main water supply reservoirs that the Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) manages, but the heavy rainfall also put pressure on the wastewat…