State Water Board curtailment order includes the Bear and Yuba watersheds
(Aug. 24) NID today acknowledged that portions of NID’s water rights in the Bear and Yuba Rivers are included in the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board or SWB) curtailment order issued on Friday. The emergency order covers the rivers of the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta watershed. The SWB action was taken to preserve water needed to protect future drinking water supplies, prevent salinity intrusion and minimize impacts to the environment.