News Release: Preparing For Possibility Dry 2014
From the California Department of Water Resources (DWR):
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is sponsoring events throughout the fall in preparation for the possibility that water year 2014 could be a third consecutive dry year. Preparing for the potential of continued dry conditions is also the focus of a joint California State Board of Food and Agriculture – California Water Commission meeting next week. …
Scheduled upcoming events are listed below.
Additionally, DWR expects to release an experimental forecast for this winter’s water supply conditions in late November.
- September 10, Sacramento Joint meeting of California State Board of Food and Agriculture – California Water Commission.
- September 24 — San Diego Drought preparedness training for small water systems, co-sponsored with the California Rural Water Association (CRWA) and the federal National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) program.
- September 25 — Riverside Drought preparedness training for small water systems, co-sponsored with CRWA and NIDIS.
- October 8 — Fountain Valley Urban drought workshop, co-sponsored with the National Water Research Institute.
- October 8 — Palmdale Drought preparedness training for small water systems, co-sponsored with CWRA and NIDIS.
- October 9 — Bakersfield Drought preparedness training for small water systems, co-sponsored with CRWA and NIDIS.
- December 17 — Fresno Agricultural drought workshop, co-sponsored with the Center for Irrigation Technology at CSU, Fresno.
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