Category: Water

  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 3, 2014
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State Water Board Plan to Temporarily Lift Curtailments During Future Rainfall Events

This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board The State Water Board’s Executive Director is notifying post-1914 appropriative water right holders in the Sacramento, San Joaquin, Russian and Eel River watersheds of plans to temporarily release them from curtailment during upcoming intermittent precipitation events. The notice is posted at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/drought/docs/curtail_lift.pdf Due to the uncertainty […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 3, 2014
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California Water & Drought News for October 3, 2014

Associated Press: Environmentalists divided over water projects New York Times: With Dry Taps and Toilets, California Drought Turns Desperate Los Angeles Times: California dairy farmers struggling to survive prolonged drought Sacramento Bee: California drought prompting extraordinary measures to protect salmon Los Angeles Times: Satellite images reveal shocking groundwater loss in California The Desert Sun: Drought Monitor: Minor improvement in Del Norte […]

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3rd Annual Cal Desal Conference, October 6-7, 2014 — Featuring Education Session II – Obstacles and Alternatives to Desalination Implementation

3rd Annual Conference October 6 & 7, 2014 – Portola Hotel& Spa, Monterey, CA This session seeks to better examine the reasons and obstacles as to why desal cannot be done quicker. What are the obstacles? 1) Regulatory processes 2) Public attitude/politics/public policies/political structures. Who is having success and why? Public projects – city government […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 3, 2014
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Final Drinking Water Permit Issuance for the proposed Statewide National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit for Drinking Water Systems Discharges to Waters of the United States:

This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. The State Water Board is releasing for public review the following revised draft documents related to the proposed Statewide National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit for Drinking Water Systems Discharges to Waters of the United States:   (1)    Final Draft Resolution (with tracked changes […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 2, 2014
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Tour of the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center

Tour the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center and learn what’s new in water efficiency and industrial storm water management.  Weiss Associates takes part in a discussion of water efficiency and storm water management alongside the Santa Clara Valley Water District and the City of San Jose. The event, hosted by the Pacific Industrial and Business Association, will be followed by […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 2, 2014
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NWRA – 2014 Annual Conference – Registration Now Available

NWRA Annual Conference The Hotel Del Coronado Coronado, California November 12 – 14, 2014 Join Us November 12 – 14, 2014! NWRA would like to invite you to sunny California for the 2014 NWRA Annual Conference at the prestigious Hotel Del Coronado in Coronado, California. Registration is now available online by clicking HERE<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-TS5_owAgWyza3MZD_X54wCF-EPTFwprdf1bnvVODJwjIteaWzOErj9o118GsYafpDD8abHCvUGlEBiGUzDkVr-uzt-ZmrGX5Wc-W7u0bbLHIgHcjrtwqB91DR63edl4GTaPN8pjvCIc5RipIj_9nLwPQJGfEep6ZYmrKlCya2_TgZqJQ2D-JoKXJRVXwQFq&c=X7l85NE8EL3ovCL6ASQ08n2D_3mekkeh4ftHldxws9DKpvk9-X0fJQ==&ch=8ReGo3rb9iY0bqA5oLZkdf79h5y8cDgBUBnOaYqA-Uwq1ifQ4laj2w==>. NOTE–The agenda […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 2, 2014
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NWRA Alert: Interior Announces New Leadership in Key Water Positions

National Water Resources Association NEWS RELEASE López Starts as Principal Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation; Gimbel Named Acting Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the Department of Interior For Immediate Release: October 2, 2014 NWRA Contact: Ian Lyle, Director of Federal Affairs, (202) 698-0693 The Department of the Interior has announced that […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 2, 2014
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California Water & Drought News for October 2, 2014

Associated Press: Federal judge upholds water for Klamath salmon The Fresno Bee: Valley growers take fight against water cutbacks to Supreme Court San Francisco Chronicle: State high court OKs water cuts on Russian River to aid salmon KRCW: Will the Drought Force Farmers to Change Their Ways? International Business Times: California Drought 2014 A Result Of Global Warming? Extreme … […]

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