Sonoma Water awarded nearly $48 million to upgrade troubled lower Russian River wastewater system
A long-awaited overhaul of the lower Russian River’s aging wastewater system is on deck after Sonoma Water was…
Sonoma Water faces potential lawsuit over massive January sewage spill into Russian River
A Sebastopol environmental watchdog group has threatened to sue Sonoma Water and the small sewer district it operates…
After the largest Russian River sewage spill in more than 40 years, scrutiny mounts over state of aging rural sewer plant
An estimated 5.5 million gallons of wastewater, including untreated sewage, overflowed early this month from a Guerneville treatment…
Advisory lifted at some beaches after Guerneville plant wastewater spill
Health officials have lifted warnings advising people and pets to stay away from water at several Sonoma County…
Russian River sewage spill ends after two days, extent of impacts still unknown
Early Thursday morning just after sunrise, Ellyse Cappellano, a Sonoma County environmental health specialist, snapped on green rubber…
Untreated wastewater spill reported in lower Russian River, residents urged to ‘stay away’
People are being asked to stay away from the lower Russian River after an unknown volume of untreated…
Salmon seen in upper reaches of a California river for first time in decades
Coho salmon have pushed more than 90 miles up California’s Russian River, reaching the watershed’s upper basin for…
Water storage options floated for Mendocino County’s Potter Valley as Pacific Gas and Electric advances dam removal
The daunting question faced for years now by a small farming valley in Mendocino County is where it…