Register now for ACWA’s 2015 Spring Conference & Exhibition! This event is set to take place May 5-8, 2015 at the Sacramento Convention Center and surrounding hotels. The theme is, “Mission: Possible – Taking Charge of Change”. With over 90 meetings and program sessions throughout the week, attendees will be informed and updated on a variety […]
Continue ReadingThe Center for Investigative Reporting: As water dwindles, lawmakers seek access to confidential well logs Capital Public Radio: Proposed Office To Help Poor Communities Get Clean Drinking Water KQED: A Candid Conversation With California’s ‘Water Czar’ The Washington Post: These snowless ski resorts show just how bad California’s drought really is The Atlantic: Finding the Right Price for Water The […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the proposed approval of an amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins for the control of Diazinon and chlorpyrifos discharges. Comment Deadline is April 23, […]
Continue ReadingMarch 20, 2015 ACWA News This issue outlines the State Water Resources Control Board’s new outdoor watering restrictions adopted on March 17 for urban water districts. The restrictions are intended to push residents to conserve even more water as the state lurches toward a fourth year of drought. In another article, results from a new […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Jerry Brown: Opposition on climate change ‘borders on the immoral’ Los Angeles Times: Capitol Journal: Thirsty crops should require state regulation Christian Science Monitor: Will California’s drought affect hydroelectric power? The Atlantic: The Economics of California’s Drought: What happens when the country’s largest state runs low on water? The Weather Channel: Megadrought Risk Growing For United States, Climate Models […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Notice of Public Meeting on the Proposed Final Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California Addressing Desalination Facility Intakes, Brine Discharges and the Incorporation of other Non-Substantive Changes and Proposed Final Staff Report Including the […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Jerry Brown, lawmakers propose $1.1 billion drought relief bill amid increasing tension Los Angeles Times: Gov. Brown, lawmakers plan short- and long-term strategy on drought Los Angeles Times: $1 billion in California drought relief may just be the beginning Time: California Announces $1 Billion Emergency Drought Relief Package Capital Press: Farm groups offer tepid praise to Brown’s drought […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Brown and Legislative Leaders Announce $1 Billion Emergency Drought Package Submitted by ACWA, Emily Allshouse on Thu, 03/19/2015 – 1:54pm in Water News Citing the devastating effects of the drought on local communities, Gov. Jerry Brown with Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), Republican Leaders […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Jerry Brown seeks $1-billion emergency drought relief plan for California NBC News: Drought-Stricken California Ramps Up Water Restrictions Bay Area News Group: Brown, legislature to unveil $1 billion drought aid package Association of California Water Agencies: Top Level Officials Confirmed for 2015 Drought Briefing High Country News: California has one year of water left: Hype or reality? […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for March 18, 2015 ACWA eNews ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Top Level Officials Confirmed for 2015 Drought Briefing Submitted by Pamela Martineau on Wed, 03/18/2015 – 4:11pm Top level officials from the Brown Administration and various state, federal and local water agencies are confirmed […]
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