Current Thoughts: Proposition 3 deserves your attention

In November, voters will face a string of initiatives. As the chairman of the Yuba Water Agency and the president of the Association of California Water Agencies, I encourage you to take a good, hard look at Proposition 3, the Water Supply and Water Quali...

Current Thoughts: 10 Successful Years

May 2018 officially marked 10 successful years of the Lower Yuba River Accord, a statewide model settlement agreement between 18 different agencies, with many different interests and needs, all working together to make the Yuba River better.

Faces of Yuba Water

Our Faces of Yuba Water series highlights Yuba Water Agency’s great employees and the work that they do to make Yuba County a better place. In this spotlight, we showcase our asset management engineer, who is responsible for analyzing the reliability and ...

More than $700,000 in safety upgrades to New Bullards Bar Dam complete

Yuba Water Agency has completed a $701,440 project to overhaul and upgrade the spillway gate drive mechanisms at New Bullards Bar Dam, ensuring reliable operation well into the future. 

All three of the spillway gates operate within specification ...

Yuba Water Agency conservation program saving water and money for Yuba residents

Yuba Water Agency today announced the first results of its pilot project to help Yuba County residents conserve water and save money.

The agency partnered with PG&E and Richard Heath and Associates to bring water conservation measures to homes already ...

Forest Resilience Bond to help fund $4.6 million project to reduce wildfire risk, improve watershed

This summer, California experienced its largest fire in state history—the latest disaster in a growing trend towards hotter, larger, and more destructive fires. Without urgent action, wildfires will be even deadlier and costlier in years to come...

Yuba Water Agency supports program to educate youth about fish, the watershed

For nearly 25 years, Greg and Kathleen Payne have been teaching Yuba County elementary school students about the life cycle of fish and the importance of a healthy watershed. That program received a boost today, with a grant from Yuba Water Agency to fund...

Yuba Water Agency updates strategic plan, vision to emphasize quality of life improvements

Focused on ensuring that its projects, programs and community investments have a direct impact on improving the quality of life for Yuba County residents, Yuba Water Agency today updated its strategic plan.

Yuba Water Agency was created in 1959 to reduce t...

Yuba Water Agency unveils new, user-friendly website

Yuba Water Agency today revealed its redesigned, more interactive website, further helping the nearly 60-year-old public agency develop a stronger relationship with the people of Yuba County.

The updated website follows the recent rebranding as Yuba Water ...

Grant helps local fire districts purchase new swift water response equipment and training

Three local fire districts will be able to better respond to water-related emergencies in Yuba County with the help of a grant from Yuba Water Agency.

The $15,000 joint grant, approved today as part of the Bill Shaw Rescue Equipment and Training Grant Prog...

Exploratory drilling at New Bullards Bar Dam set to begin

Beginning Monday, Sept. 24, people traveling across New Bullards Bar Dam and recreating on the reservoir will see heavy machinery mobilizing in the parking lot on the east side of the dam, in preparation for exploratory work related to Yuba Water Agency’s...

Yuba Water Agency dams deemed safe in recent state assessment

Yuba Water Agency’s New Bullards Bar Dam, constructed in 1970, recently received the highest safety rating possible by California’s Department of Water Resources Division of Safety of Dams.

A comprehensive listing of California’s major dams issued this mon...

Yuba Water Agency to purchase 20-acre property in Dobbins

Yuba Water Agency today approved the purchase of a property in Dobbins for approximately $220,000 to further support agency operations.

The 20-acre parcel is located between Lake Francis and New Colgate Powerhouse, and will be used to construct a new wareh...

Yuba County Water Agency rebrands as Yuba Water Agency, unveils new logo

Yuba County Water Agency announced today that it is rebranding as Yuba Water Agency, to provide a simple, easy-to-identify moniker and logo, as the nearly 60-year-old organization seeks to develop a stronger relationship with the people of Yuba County.&am...