Covering water issues in Mendocino County is like fitting together a jigsaw puzzle. Limiting the geographic area to the Ukiah Valley, Lake Mendocino and the Upper Russian River, there are over a dozen water agencies that are involved in local water use policies. We decided to catch up with the MCIWPC, as we have not been covering these meetings. … In 2017 Congressman Jared Huffman proposed to solve the problem of how to heal the ecology of the Eel River Basin, while at the same time ensuring water security and habitat protection for people living in the Russian River basin, by organizing a Two Basin Solution Partnership. ERPA has been formed to ultimately own, operate and fund the new diversion facility which is needed to attain the envisioned Two Basin Solution. The Boards of the local water agencies, NGOs, and state and federal authorities have been wrestling with this problem for years.