Placer County Water Agency

Auburn, Calif. (Sept. 28, 2023) — The Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) is pleased to report that its purchase of Weimar Water Company was approved on September 21, by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). This consolidation means Weimar’s 550-plus customers will benefit from improved water supply reliability and more stable water rates. In addition, […]

Greater Sacramento Region, Calif. (September 5, 2023) – On August 24th, the River Arc Project, a collaborative project aimed at enhancing regional water supply and bolstering wildlife resilience, received a substantial $5.1 million grant from the Wildlife Conservation Board. This funding will help maintain the current streamflow on the Lower American River, a designated Wild […]

AUBURN, Calif. (August 7, 2023) — The Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) Board of Directors on Thursday allocated money for two new programs to help ensure customer water supplies are protected from both near-term and long-term disasters. Funding was approved, totaling roughly $550,000, for two important projects to enhance the region’s water supply protection during […]

FRENCH MEADOWS, Calif. – Despite the challenges of an extremely dangerous fire season, including California’s largest wildfire in 2022 (Mosquito Fire) impeding access and limiting operations, partners of the French Meadows Forest Restoration Project (“Project”) have wrapped up their fourth season of forest treatments in the critical headwaters of Tahoe National Forest. This season, project […]

AUBURN, Calif. (January 17, 2023) — Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) has filed suit against Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) in Sacramento County Superior Court for breach of contract. This action follows disclosure of PG&E’s intent to transfer substantially all its power generating assets, including its Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project in Placer County, to a […]

AUBURN, Calif. (December 20, 2022) — Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) has filed suit against Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) in Placer County Superior Court for damages related to the Mosquito Fire, which began on September 6 and burned nearly 77,000 acres across the Tahoe and El Dorado National Forests. California’s largest wildfire of […]

AUBURN, Calif. (September 15, 2022) — At the September 15 meeting of the Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) Board of Directors, the Board received a comprehensive report from staff on the progress of the Mosquito Fire and the status of PCWA’s Middle Fork American River Project, which is located within the footprint of the Mosquito […]

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) is launching a new outreach effort to encourage proper tree watering as California enters a third year of serious drought and PCWA asks customers to reduce water by 20 percent. The outreach campaign features Colfax High School’s newly-formed “Bucket Band” to raise awareness that a 5-gallon bucket is a great […]

On July 21, six employees of Placer County Water Agency (“PCWA”) helped successfully contain a small fire in the Tahoe National Forest. Nate Wood, Jordan Helm, and Josh Rodarte, of PCWA’s Power Systems Division, spotted the fire around 9 a.m. near Duncan Diversion, a tributary to the Middle Fork American River. After reporting the fire […]

FRENCH MEADOWS, Calif. December 3, 2020 – After six months of strategic forest treatments, partners of the French Meadows Forest Restoration Project (Project) are wrapping up their second season of implementation work. Located in the headwaters of the Middle Fork American River, in the Tahoe National Forest, the Project aims to restore forest health by […]

AUBURN, Calif. April 22, 2019 –  Marking the mid-point of the 2019 water year, the Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) Board of Directors received an update on local hydrological conditions at its meeting on April 18. As of early April, cumulative precipitation at Lake Spaulding Reservoir, which supplies 90 percent of PCWA water demand, was […]

AUBURN, Calif. May 8, 2017 – At the May 4 meeting of the Placer County Water Agency (PCWA), the Board of Directors approved an agreement to join neighboring entities in creation of the West Placer Groundwater Sustainability Agency (WPGSA). Once formed, the WPGSA will manage local groundwater conditions as required by the Sustainable Groundwater Management […]