News Releases

LIVERMORE, Calif. (September 7, 2023) – Zone 7 Water Agency welcomes teachers back to school with an invitation to join its new Water Academy rewards program. Zone 7’s Water Academy allows teachers to sign up for an in-classroom lesson taught by certified educators. The comprehensive water-focused in-classroom lessons align with Next Generation Science Standards and are grade-specific for TK through 12th grade classes.

LIVERMORE, Calif. (April 20, 2023) – The Zone 7 Board of Directors unanimously declared an end to the drought emergency and 15% mandatory conservation requirements at its regular board meeting on April 19, 2023.

Livermore, CA – Zone 7 Water Agency will host a Water Supply Evaluation Workshop on Wednesday, August 31^st at 6 p.m. The workshop will examine the long-term water reliability needs of the Tri-Valley and the respective financial impacts. The workshop kicks off a series of workshops and Board meetings focused on reviewing wholesale water rates for 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 to ensure treated water rates keep pace with the increasing costs to provide safe, reliable water.

LIVERMORE, Calif. (March 10, 2022) – Every year, more than 10,000 gallons of water is wasted in homes due to easy-to-fix leaks. Nationwide, household leaks equate to more than 1 trillion gallons of water lost every year. 

At last month’s board meeting, the Zone 7 Board of Directors declared March 14 to March 20 Fix a Leak Week. This marks the agency’s seventh year participating in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual Fix-A-Leak Week and the Agency is reminding residents and businesses of the easy steps they can take to help save water.

Concord (November 12, 2021) – The eight agencies making up the Los Vaqueros Reservoir Joint Powers Authority (JPA) met for the first time on Wednesday, November 10, and selected a Chair and Vice-Chair for a one-year term. This important milestone initiates the key decision making about governance related to implementing the Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project (Project).

Tri-Valley’s lack of rain from October 2020 through September 2021 marks all-time low

Last week, on the heels of what closed out the driest year on record for the Tri-Valley, the region was graced with a desperately needed atmospheric river storm that drenched much of California with historic rainfall. While this storm brought significant precipitation in a month that isn’t typically very wet, this isn’t the time to break those water saving habits and lose sight of the existing drought.

LIVERMORE, Calif. (September 30, 2021) –Zone 7 is making it easier than ever before for customers to convert their lawns to more water efficient alternatives. Zone 7 and their water retailers are now offering increased rebate amounts for Water Efficient Lawn Conversion to single-family properties up to 50 percent of the costs with a maximum rebate of $2,000. The maximum rebate for a non-residential property or multi-family property is up to 50 percent of the costs, with a $6,000 maximum rebate.

LIVERMORE, Calif. (September 1, 2021) –If you’re in the market for a new washing machine this weekend, Tri-Valley partners want to remind you they are offering residents of the City of Livermore, Pleasanton and Dublin San Ramon Services District a $200 rebate when purchasing an ENERGY STAR most efficient 2021 high efficiency clothes washer. The $200 rebate program applies to purchases made between July 1, 2021 and Dec. 31, 2021. The $200 rebate will come in the form of a credit to your water bill.

TRI-VALLEY, CA (July 12, 2021) – Six weeks ago, the Tri-Valley’s water agencies asked customers to voluntarily reduce their water use by ten percent after Governor Gavin Newsom included Alameda County in his emergency drought declaration. Last week, the Governor issued Executive Order N-10-21, calling on all Californians to voluntarily reduce their water use by 15 percent from their 2020 levels.

Tri-Valley water agencies are now asking customers to do a little more and voluntarily reduce their water use by 15 percent.

LIVERMORE, Calif. (June 28, 2021) – The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has presented the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award to Zone 7 Water Agency for its two-year budget beginning July 1, 2020. The award is the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting and reflects Zone 7’s commitment to public transparency and accountability.

Water agency provides customers with ways to cut back on water usage in response to record low rainfall and high temperatures

Zone 7 is issuing a request to the Tri Valley community to voluntarily reduce water usage in response to dry weather that has impacted water supplies. Low amounts of local and statewide rainfall, low reservoir levels throughout the state and low snowpack conditions have resulted in significant drought conditions.