Update on 48-inch Force Main Reliability Improvement Project May 5, 2014 SVCW provides wastewater services to residents and businesses in Redwood City, San Carlos, Belmont, and West Bay Sanitary District Update #27 (May 5, 2014) for 48-inch Force Main Reliability Improvement Project: Unit 1 – Maple Street to Bair Island/Bair […]
Continue ReadingThe May 22 National Maritime Day event at the Alameda Naval Air Museum in Alameda starting at 11:00 AM. Maritime Day is celebrated in many ports around the country. It will be preceded at 10:00 AM by an open house on the Maritime Administration MS Cape Orlando at nearby Pier 3. The event flyer is […]
Continue ReadingUC Research: Managing Water from Floods to Droughts Tuesday, May 6, 2014 9:30 am 2168 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC Join the University of California for a briefing on current UC research and its value for making water management decisions in California and the world. Speakers: Dr. Doug Parker, Director, California Institute […]
Continue ReadingFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2014 Bay Planning Coalition Announces 2014 Frank C. Boerger Award Recipient Oakland, CA – The Bay Planning Coalition (BPC) is pleased to announce that R. Zachary Wasserman, a Partner at Oakland law firm Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean and Chairman of the San Francisco […]
Continue ReadingKTVU: New report concludes global warming is real, will lead to increased extreme weather events Los Angeles Times: UCLA researchers unveil a better way to clean brackish water Nature World News: Oysters May be Able to Protect Us from Rising Seas The Record-Courier: No snow adds up to 6th worst year on record for Tahoe […]
Continue ReadingJohn A. Coleman, CEO of Bay Planning Coalition and Board Member of the East Bay Municipal Utility District, co-wrote a Guest Commentary for the Contra Costa Times on May 3. Guest Commentary: Tapping the Sacramento River in a drought year makes huge difference for EBMUD customers By John A. Coleman and Andy Katz […]
Continue ReadingWETA Board Meeting Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. The next San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority Board of Directors meeting will be held Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at the WETA offices located at Pier 9, Suite 111 on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, CA. The meeting […]
Continue ReadingU.S. economic growth was weaker than already lackluster expectations in the first quarter. The first quarter advance reading of real GDP growth came in at a disappointing 0.1% annualized rate, considerably lower than economists’ consensus expectations of 1.2 percent. Thursday’s weak construction spending report raises the odds that Q1 GDP could be revised lower and […]
Continue ReadingFarewell to Winter Weather Woes · Nonfarm payrolls bid adieu to the sluggish pace of employment growth during the winter months. Payrolls surged by 288,000 jobs in April with upward revisions to February and March and the unemployment fell to 6.3 percent. The drop in the unemployment rate, however, was due to a significant decline […]
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