Are you interested in a career in water resources management? If so, the Water Awareness Day and Conference may be of interest. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday May 26 at the Innovation Lab, 101 Hospital Rd. Sonora. Here are the resources offered at the event: Keynote speakers Opportunities …

Read CCWD’s 2015 Draft UWMP Click Here to Read the 2015 Urban Water Management Plan (Public Draft) Click Here to Read the 2015 Urban Water Management Plan (Public Draft Appendices) The Calaveras County Water District is seeking comments from the public on this plan. Please submit comments by June 3, 2016, to Peter Martin, CCWD …

Update: 3:10 p.m.: The broken water mainline has been repaired. CCWD crews are flushing the system to remove brown water. Please note that if you live in the affected area, you may experience air in your lines or brown-colored water. Even if the water is brown, it is completely safe to drink. If you would …

More than 100 people attended the Third Annual Native Plant Sale held at CCWD’s headquarters in April. The net profits earned from about $3,000 in plant sales will benefit the Sierra Foothills Chapter of the California Native Plant Society. Hundreds of plants, including trees, shrubs, bulbs, perennials, grasses and water-wise plants were sold, and members …

Arnold community members engaged in a constructive Q&A session with CCWD staff Tuesday evening at the Reach 3A Pipeline Replacement Project community meeting held at Independence Hall in White Pines. After a 30-minute presentation by CCWD staff members that outlined the $5.3 million project, the next 30 minutes consisted a series of excellent questions from attendees …

The Calaveras County Water District is holding a community meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday April 26 to provide residents with information regarding the Reach 3A Transmission Pipeline Replacement Project in downtown Arnold. Construction will begin in May and the project is expected to be complete in November. This project will replace about 20,000 feet of 12-inch diameter …

The Sierra Foothills Chapter of the California Native Plant Society is holding a native plant sale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday April 16 at CCWD’s headquarters at 120 Toma Court, San Andreas, 95249. Hundreds of plants, including trees, shrubs, bulbs, perennials, grasses and water-wise plants, will all be available for purchase. A wide …

The Calaveras County Water District Board of Directors awarded the construction contract for the Reach 3A water transmission pipeline replacement project in Arnold at its meeting Wednesday, April 6. This pipeline was originally installed in 1965 and is being replaced due to its age, poor condition and high frequency of failures and repairs that pose risks …

With the decision by the State Water Board last month to allow climate-based adjustments to water conservation standards, Calaveras County Water District customers now have a new conservation target of 13%. This is a reduction from the 16% target that CCWD was given in 2015 – a goal that was met and exceeded by almost …

A rate hike scheduled to take place in September will likely be eliminated, after the CCWD Board of Directors directed staff to take steps to cancel it Wednesday, March 9. The Board will take official action on this item at its next meeting on March 23. The increase would have raised standard residential water rates …