January 3, 2020 There has been some misinformation pertaining to the proposed water use targets set by Senate Bill 606 (Hertzberg) and Assembly Bill 1668 (Friedman). The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) has issued a news release addressing some of the incorrect information. Click here to read the post.
By Don Zdeba “It’s always something” are words Gilda Radner made famous with her character of Roseanne Roseannadanna on Saturday Night Live in the late 70’s. The same can be said for the regulatory world when it comes to water in California. While the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or “SGMA”, has been the hot topic… Continue Reading “It’s Always Something”
By Don Zdeba “I Feel the Earth Move” is a song written and recorded by Carole King. Carole felt it move for a different reason (“I feel my heart start to trembling whenever you’re around”) than we recently did. It has been over two months since our community “felt the earth move” from the significant… Continue Reading “I Feel the Earth Move”
By Don Zdeba July 1st begins a new fiscal year for Indian Wells Valley Water District making this a perfect opportunity to provide an update on happenings within the District. There are a number of projects, both ongoing and new to mention. First, though, I wish to acknowledge the District has once again received the… Continue Reading “Happy New (Fiscal) Year”
By Don Zdeba Alice: “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” Cheshire Cat: “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.” Alice: “I don’t much care where –” Cheshire Cat: “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.” The saying “down the rabbit hole” refers… Continue Reading “Going Down the Rabbit Hole”
By Don Zdeba Playing off the title of the Academy Award winning film, “The Shape of Water,” I would like to take this opportunity to share with you the shape of the Water District. The Board of Directors of Indian Wells Valley Water District, at the December 10th meeting, approved a new rate structure resulting… Continue Reading “The Shape of (the) Water (District)”
By Don Zdeba At its July 19th meeting, the Board of the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority (IWVGA) voted to approve Ordinance 02-18 establishing a groundwater extraction fee of $30 per acre-foot along with the rules, regulations and procedures for imposing the fee. This followed the required initial reading of the Ordinance at the June… Continue Reading “IWVGA Fee Impacts IWVWD Customers”
By Don Zdeba When it comes to the topic of water in California, the title of the Bob Dylan song, “The Times They Are a-Changin’” certainly seems appropriate. Since the historic drought that California experienced from 2012 to 2016, there has been unprecedented legislation proposed and passed to address what many see as the inevitable… Continue Reading “The Times They Are a-Changin’”
By Don Zdeba As we prepare to close the books on 2017 and look forward to a new year, I would like to reflect on some significant events that occurred this past year related to local water issues. Perhaps the most significant event involved the evolution of the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority (IWVGA). The… Continue Reading “Progressing Toward a Groundwater Sustainability Plan”
By Don Zdeba I recently returned from a fact finding trip on water resource management in Denmark. At the invitation of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, myself and thirteen others from various California water districts and agencies were educated on lessons learned as a result of Denmark experiencing conditions similar to those experienced by… Continue Reading “Sharing Denmark’s Groundwater Experience”