- by BPC Staff
- onOctober 7, 2014
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The USEPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have announced an extension of the proposed rule (Waters of the United States) to clarify protection under the Clean Water Act for streams and wetlands. A copy of the announcement can be viewed here. EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have always maintained that […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onOctober 6, 2014
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This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Click here to view the Notice of Opportunity to Comment for the Safe Drinking Water Plan for California. Comment Deadline is December 15, 2014 by 12 noon.
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- by BPC Staff
- onOctober 6, 2014
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The EPA will be holding a number of listening sessions to discuss the WIFIA program that is part of the recently passed WRRDA bill. Two of the sessions will be held in California: one in Los Angeles on 10/17 and the other in San Francisco on 11/17. Please see this flyer for more details. […]
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- onOctober 6, 2014
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Introduction to Groundwater and Watershed Hydrology: Monitoring, Assessment and Protection November 17–18, 2014 Buehler Alumni Center, University of California, Davis Co-Sponsored by: University of California Cooperative Extension Groundwater Hydrology Program Approved MCLE Credits – 13.25 hours Schedule — www.grac.org/hydrologyschedule.pdf Registration — www.grac.org/hydrologyreg Course Description Groundwater and watershed management, monitoring, assessment and protection is an integral […]
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- onOctober 6, 2014
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This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). Click here to view the September 2014 Preliminary Draft for Discussion of the Pyrethroid Basin Plan Amendment Language. If anyone would like to send written comments or propose language in the document, please send to Tessa Fojut at Tessa.Fojut@waterboards.ca.gov by this Wednesday, Oct […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onOctober 6, 2014
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EPA Water Rule Comment Period Extended By Philip Brasher, CQ Roll Call The Obama administration is extending the public comment period on its much-debated Clean Water Act rule until after the election. The deadline had been Oct. 20 but is now being postponed until Nov. 14. In a statement , the EPA said Monday that […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onOctober 6, 2014
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BCDC has posted on its website (http://www.bcdc.ca.gov) the Commission Meeting Notice for its October 16, 2014 meeting, information about BCDC, the Bay, and other issues relevant to the Commission at http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/meetings/commission/2014/1003Supplemental.shtml You may also find information about BCDC Commission meetings at any time on its website at http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/meetings/commission/cm_mtng.shtml. If you have questions or concerns about BCDC activities, […]
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- onOctober 6, 2014
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This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Click here to view a Revised Summary Sheet regarding the Final Draft Drinking Water Permit Issuance from the State Water Resources Control Board.
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- onOctober 6, 2014
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Los Angeles Times: In virtual mega-drought, California avoids defeat Los Angeles Times: Subsurface water intakes feasible for desalination plant, study finds Fresno Bee: Could those empty Valley reservoirs fill up in one winter? Guardian Liberty Voice: California Heat and Drought Plumas County Newspapers: Sierra Nevada forest health in rapid decline, drought adds fuel to the fire USA Today: NASA images show California’s […]
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3rd Annual Conference October 6 & 7, 2014 – Portola Hotel& Spa, Monterey, CA This session will address seawater desalination energy use as well as inter-agency interest in a potential loading order for water resource development. Click here for the full conference schedule. Moderator Warren Teitz is a Senior Resource Specialist at the […]
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