State Water Resources Control Board Agrees to Extend Deadline on Carmel River Cutbacks On Tuesday, July 19, the State Water Resources Control Board voted unanimously to extend its cutback order on pumping from the Carmel River by five years, under the condition that California American Water meet a series of milestones in the development of the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project. Without a replacement water supply in place, the cutbacks, originally set to take effect at

Less than six months from the original deadline for complying with the Carmel River pumping cutback order, the state water board on Tuesday agreed to a five-year extension. Offering only a few relatively minor changes to California American Water’s extension proposal, the board voted unanimously to allow more time to complete the quest for a replacement water supply for the Monterey Peninsula. In a statement, state water board chairwoman Felicia Marcus said the extension prop

SETTLEMENT REACHED ON DESAL PLANT RETURN WATER Ahead of State Decision on Pumping Cutbacks, Project Stakeholders Reach Agreement on Future Water Plan PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (June 15, 2016) – A broad group of stakeholders including agricultural and environmental groups, water agencies and policy leaders, submitted a settlement agreement to the California Public Utilities Commission today, concerning what many have described as the last remaining obstacle to obtaining consensus