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…

August 10, 2021 – For Immediate Release(Spanish below)Contact: Barry Dugan, Principal Programs Specialist, Sonoma Water - 707-331-2040 SANTA ROSA, CA – Water customers throughout the North Bay will be able pick up a free water saving kit during a three-county “Drought Drop By” event on August 21, 2021, from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Sonoma Water and its partners in the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnershi…

For Immediate Release - Wednesday, June 16, 2021Contact: Barry Dugan, Principal Programs Specialist, Sonoma Water, 707-331-2040Santa Rosa, CA – The Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) will begin the replacement of its inflatable rubber dam located in the Russian River near Forestville next week, and boating access through the construction zone will be closed through the summer. The rubber d…

June 14, 2021 – For Immediate Release Contact: Barry Dugan, Principal Programs Specialist, Sonoma Water, 707-331-2040   (Santa Rosa, CA) – In response to worsening drought conditions in the Russia River Watershed, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) today issued an order that will reduce minimum instream flow requirements in the lower Russian River from 85 cubi…

June 3, 2021 – For Immediate ReleaseContact: Barry Dugan, Principal Programs Specialist, Sonoma Water, 707-331-2040(Spanish below)SANTA ROSA, CA – Water customers throughout the North Bay will be able pick up a free water saving kit during a three-county “Drought Drop By” event on June 12, 2021, from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sonoma Water and its partners in the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership encour…

For Immediate Release - May 24, 2021 (Spanish below)   (Santa Rosa, CA) – Sonoma Water and Board of Supervisors Chair Lynda Hopkins will host a virtual Drought Town Hall on Thursday, June 3 at 6 p.m. The Town Hall will be held utilizing a Zoom webinar and will be broadcast live on Director Hopkins’ Facebook page. The focus of the meeting will be on the drought and imp…

Contact:  Brad Sherwood, Sonoma Water, 707-322-8192(Santa Rosa, CA) The Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) today filed a Temporary Urgency Change Petition (TUCP) with the State Water Resources Control Board to reduce minimum instream flow requirements in the lower Russian River by requesting that the water year classification be temporarily changed from Dry to Critical, reducing the minimu…

Contact: Brad Sherwood, 707-322-8192, Sherwood@scwa.ca.gov(Ukiah, CA)  Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) joined Governor Newsom today at a parched Lake Mendocino for the announcement of an executive order to help drought stricken watershed’s such as the Russian River watershed.Sonoma Water and Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Chair Lynda Hopkins said, “Thank you to Governor Newsom for t…