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Recent water coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
The Aug. 18 board agenda says repairs are still underway and staff wants emergency contracting authority to continue, though the packet does not give a cost or finish date.
PPIC and UC Merced researchers told lawmakers that without more recharge, banking and land-transition tools, groundwater reductions under SGMA could force large-scale fallowing in the San Joaquin Valley within the next 15 years.
The council formally reset the Regional Sewer Pipeline Project after funding assumptions changed, directing staff to redraw the scope and seek new bids.
The council unanimously backed an AeroMod replacement for the wastewater plant’s cake conveyance system and adopted a budget amendment tied to the purchase.
The July 7 agenda pairs continued emergency contracting for Colgate Penstock repairs with a request to waive a planned 2.5% rate increase for member units.
The June 16 council agenda includes a $690,335 chlorine basin repair contract, a $229,951 sewer amendment, a fee schedule update and a tax-records resolution.
The June 15 agenda includes budget adoption, a public hearing on city fees, an animal-control ordinance update, water-plan approvals and a discussion of River Lodge lease options.
The council chose Alternative One for the city’s wastewater feasibility study, advancing levee work and marsh management instead of leaving the issue open.
AB 1712 moved out of the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee and would let Santa Fe Springs pursue a sale of its water system through a protest process instead of a citywide election.
The committee moved the bill forward after testimony for and against the measure, which would extend the Department of Water Resources’ deadline to develop State Water Project water rights.