- by BPC Staff
- onJuly 14, 2014
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The State Water Resources Control Board will be holding its Board Meeting on July 15-16, 2014. Please find the following materials for the Board Meeting at the links below: Revised Agenda Draft Resolution for Item 10 (Urban Water Conservation Emergency Regulations) You can also access these materials at the SWRCB website at the following link: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/board_info/agendas/2014/jul/07151614agnd_revised.pdf
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- by BPC Staff
- onJuly 11, 2014
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A message from the State Water Resources Control Board: Click here to view an updated fact sheet for the Urban Water Conservation Emergency Regulations that is scheduled for adoption at the July 15-16, 2014 Board Meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board. This updated fact sheet is also posted on the agenda and can […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onJuly 10, 2014
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Sacramento Bee: Emergency rules would add teeth to California water-conservation rules San Francisco Chronicle: California drought: $500-a-day fines for California water hogs? New York Times: Saving Water in California Capital Press: Calif. official rebuffs call to reconsider water regs Sacramento News & Review: Lawmakers and leaders need to take California’s drought seriously California Water Blog: Challenging myth and mirage in California’s […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onJuly 10, 2014
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ACWA Regulatory Advisory July 9, 2014 State Water Board Proposes Emergency Statewide Water Conservation Regulations Urban Water Agencies Could Be Required to File Monthly Water Usage Reports Stepping up its call to increase water conservation during the state’s worsening drought, the State Water Resources Control Board this morning released proposed statewide emergency water conservation regulations […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onJuly 9, 2014
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The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing to examine the impacts of EPA’s proposed “Definition of the ‘Waters of United States’ Under the Clean Water Act” rule on July 9th. The full Committee hearing, entitled “Navigating the Clean Water Act: Is Water Wet?”, provided members the opportunity to ask EPA Deputy Administrator […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onJuly 9, 2014
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Associated Press: California considers mandatory water restrictions NBC Southern California: California Board Considers Fines for Water Wasters McClatchy Washington Bureau: As farm interests line up against water regs, EPA officials begin the hard sell Stockton Record: Delta water getting saltier, fish kills show NBC Southern California: California Drought Creates Extreme Fire Danger, Low Water Reserves Capital Public Radio: Drought Gives […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onJuly 9, 2014
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At the links below, please find the Proposed Emergency Regulations pertaining to the Prohibition of Activities and Mandatory Actions During the Drought Emergency; Notice of Proposed Emergency Rulemaking; Emergency Regulations Digest; and Fact Sheet. This item will be considered at the July 15, 2014 State Water Board meeting. The State Water Board is particularly interested in […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onJuly 8, 2014
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Los Angles Times: L.A. leaders focusing on groundwater treatment in bond discussions New York Times: A California Oil Field Yields Another Prized Commodity Sacramento Bee: Viewpoints: Putting some myths about California’s drought to rest Modesto Bee: Our View: End secrecy around groundwater data San Gabriel Valley Tribune: California drought: In-N-Out, Chipotle raising prices due to rising food costs NBC News: Water-Guzzling […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onJuly 7, 2014
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Los Angeles Times: Senate Democrats trim $3B from water bond plan New York Times: Californians keeping up with Joneses’ water use Sacramento Bee: California Water Bond: The Burning Questions Business Insider: California lawmakers to work on drought plan during summer recess Sacramento Bee: On Topic: Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins discusses water bond Capital Public Radio: Emergency Drought Relief Money Still […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onJuly 7, 2014
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Click here to view a Notice of Public Hearing and Opportunity to Comment on the Draft Statewide General Permit for Utility Vault and Underground Structure Discharges to Waters of the United States (Utility Vaults Permit) from the State Water Resources Control Board. The Public Hearing is scheduled for September 23, 2014 Comment Deadline is August 1, […]
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