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 […]
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Placer County Water Agency Files Suit Against PG&E for Breach of Contract
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 […]
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Mosquito Fire Update: Placer County Water Agency Files Suit Against Pacific Gas & Electric Company
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 […]
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PCWA Board Receives Update on Mosquito Fire
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 […]
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PCWA and Colfax High School are Beating the Buckets for Proper Tree Care
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 […]
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Critical partnership prevents Duncan Fire from spreading in Tahoe National Forest
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 […]
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Success in the Sierra: French Meadows Partnership Doubles Pace in Second Season of Work
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 […]
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PCWA appoints Andrew Fecko as next General Manager
AUBURN, Calif. (January 8, 2020) — The Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) announced that Andrew Fecko has been appointed as the Agency’s next General Manager. The PCWA Board of Directors approved his contract at its meeting on January 6. Mr. Fecko currently serves as PCWA’s Director of Strategic Affairs, a position held since 2017. Hired […]
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French Meadows Partnership Completes its First Season of Work
FRENCH MEADOWS, Calif. December 12, 2019 – After six months of strategic forest treatments near French Meadows Reservoir, partners of the French Meadows Forest Restoration Project (Project) are wrapping up their first season of implementation work. Located in the headwaters of the Middle Fork American River, in the Tahoe National Forest, the Project is one […]
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Western Area Power Administrator to Power Three of PCWA’s Largest Water Infrastructure
AUBURN, Calif. June 19, 2019 – Following a five-year study, the Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) has agreed to receive its full energy needs, for three of its largest delivery points, from the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) starting July 1. The PCWA Board of Directors finalized the decision by approving agreements with WAPA at its […]
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PCWA: Cold Winter Pushes Snowpack and Middle Fork Operation to New Heights
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 […]
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PCWA Acts to Protect Integrity of PG&E Water Supply
AUBURN, Calif. (February 20, 2019) — In the wake of Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) recent bankruptcy filing, the Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) is warning of potential threats to the water supply and reliability of nearly 200,000 Placer County residents should PG&E liquidate its Drum Spaulding Project. PG&E’s Drum Spaulding Project is a complex […]
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PCWA Files Suit Against California WaterFix
AUBURN, Calif. August 28, 2017 – On August 17, 2017, the Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) filed suit in Placer County Superior Court challenging the California Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) approval of the California WaterFix (WaterFix) Environmental Impact Report. The WaterFix proposes to add additional points of diversion for the State Water Project and […]
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PCWA Board Votes to Join West Placer Groundwater Sustainability Agency
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 […]
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Placer County water agencies join proposed Sites Reservoir project
Roseville’s City Council and Placer County Water Agency’s (PCWA) Board of Directors this week opted into the initial phase of the Sites Reservoir project—a proposed off stream surface water facility west of the Sacramento River. With this approval, both water agencies will officially invest into the project and join other water districts in providing necessary […]
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PCWA Partners on French Meadows Forest Resilience Project
September 6, 2016 – In an effort to improve the health of the forests and watersheds that source Placer County Water Agency’s (PCWA) water supply, the Agency is partnering with the Tahoe National Forest, The Nature Conservancy, American River Conservancy, and the University of California, Sierra Nevada Research Institute on the French Meadows Forest Resilience […]