FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 9, 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 ramping down releases of water from Lake Mendocino on the afternoon of Monday, July 8 at the request of the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department in order to attempt t…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 21, 2019 CONTACT: Barry Dugan - Principal Programs Specialist, 707-547-1930, 707-331-2040, barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov (Santa Rosa) – Winners of the Sonoma County Water Agency’s (Sonoma Water) annual Water Awareness school poster contest and the Russian River Watershed Association’s high school video contest were announced recently during a celebra…

For Immediate Release - June 27, 2019 Contacts: Rep. 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: Redgie Collins, 415-748-8755, rcollins@caltrout.org Mendocino IWPC: Janet Pauli, jpauli@pauliranch.com Humboldt County: Supervisor Estelle Fennell, 707-476-2392, EFennell@co.humboldt.c…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 21, 2019 CONTACT: Barry Dugan - Principal Programs Specialist, 707-547-1930, 707-331-2040, barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov (Santa Rosa, CA) – The 2019 Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury investigated the risk of a major earthquake in Sonoma County and the effect that it could have on residents, due to impacts on water supplies.  Because most people in Sonoma Count…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 20, 2019 CONTACT: Barry Dugan, Principal Programs Specialist, 707-547-1930, 707-331-2040, barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov Improved rating reflects agency’s extremely strong financial performance (Santa Rosa, CA)  – The Sonoma County Water Agency’s (Sonoma Water) credit rating has been raised to AAA – the highest rating possible.  AAA…

For Immediate Release: June 12, 2019 Contact: Ann DuBay 707.322.8185 Ann.DuBay@scwa.ca.gov Santa Rosa, CA – On Monday June 17th, more than 40 Sonoma County youth and young adults will be engaged in activities ranging from invasive species removal to watershed education and riparian habitat exploration at Westside Water Education Center.  The clean-up and edu…

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 …