El Dorado Water Agency

Well owners are encouraged to use these resources now to Be Well Prepared for both droughts and storms ahead to keep their household water supplies flowing. https://bit.ly/4hmSdHi

Our county's main water source relies on our winter snowpack. With the weather becoming more variable, we're looking at ways to secure our water supply. One such potential project is adding new water storage. #AlderCreek Reservoir is a proposed offstream high-elevation reservoir designed to help increase our local and state water storage, providing drought and flood protection. Learn more about this important project: https://bit.ly/4bW8S3a

Our region was devastated by the #Caldor and #Mosquito wildfires which destroyed homes and infrastructure, degraded ecosystems, contaminated water sources, and increased #flooding risks. We found that these two #wildfires created $14.7 billion in damages to the ecosystem goods and services that our watershed provides. Understanding the economics of catastrophic wildfires is important as it can help inform investments that reduce catastrophic wildfire risk and increase post wildfire restoration. ?? Fact sheet: https://lnkd.in/gUXkdyJ2 ?? Report: https://lnkd.in/gcUeMW5N

Thank you for allowing us to participate in this conference! It's critical to engage government leaders on the water issues in California.

Our three-part commentary series has been published in the Mountain Democrat! Learn more about the role of El Dorado Water Agency, our past, present, and future in water, and explore the value of the watershed in our recent report. Each article is linked below! What does a water agency do if it does not deliver water? https://bit.ly/3WTVsPc Protecting nature’s factory in our backyard https://bit.ly/4gCiLE8 Water in El Dorado County -- past, present and future bit.ly/4i61Smk

We are honored that Congressman Kevin Kiley will be displaying local artwork of our county’s watershed in his office. El Dorado Water Agency extends our gratitude to him and his team for their advocacy.

We had productive meetings in Washington DC with our U.S. Representatives and Senators, the USDA Forest Service and Bureau of Reclamation to advocate for investments in our county. We spoke about several of our initiatives including establishing a comprehensive snowpack and flow monitoring network, upstream storage opportunities, and wildfire mitigation and recovery efforts on federal lands.

It was great to participate in planning for the American River Watershed Resilience Pilot Program funded by California Department of Water Resources. We appreciate the Regional Water Authority's leadership and glad to represent the headwaters in this important discussion about multi-sector water management.

Great conversations at the California Small Farm Conference hosted by Community Alliance with Family Farmers. Water is integral to #agricultural production in our county which benefits local communities and residents throughout the nation.

Protecting our water means protecting California. ?? We need a F.I.R.E. Fix now to better manage our Forests, build stronger Infrastructure, enhance Resilience against weather extremes, and protect our Ecosystems. Water agencies like EDWA are advocating for Federal funding and public-private partnerships to do just that. ????Learn more: https://bit.ly/41bEWLA