Category: Water

  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 23, 2014
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California Drought and Water News for May 23, 2014

The Fresno Bee: Senate passes California drought-relief bill The Sacramento Bee: Video simulation captures scale of Delta tunnel project SF Gate: The coast is clear: Water good at most Bay Area beaches Valley Public Radio: U.S. Senate Passes Emergency Drought Relief Act The Sacramento Bee: California drought will hit cost of rice hardest San Francisco […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 22, 2014
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California Drought and Water News for May 22, 2014

Los Angeles Times: Boxer wins GOP help in bid to boost funds for L.A., Long Beach ports McClatchy DC:  Feinstein’s anti-drought bill may face rough waters in House Los Angeles Times: Severe drought leads to dying lawns at state Capitol Orange County Register: Drought relief moves on Senate’s fast track Miami Herald: Feinstein’s anti-drought bill […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 21, 2014
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California Drought and Water News for May 21, 2014

Los Altos Town Crier: Greywater Seminar Brings Recycling Home Daily Democrat: House OKs $12 Billion Water Bill That Benefits California SF Gate: Does San Francisco Even Know There’s a Drought? California Water Blog: Severe Drought Impacts to Central Valley Agriculture Forecast This Year Sacramento Bee: House Authorizes $1 Billion Project for Natomas Levees KTVU: Scientists […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 20, 2014
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California Drought and Water News for May 20, 2014

Bloomberg News: California Drought Losses Half of Estimate on Farmer Groundwater Capital Press: State may curtail diversions from Calif. creeks California Water Blog: Severe drought impacts to Central Valley agriculture forecast this year Sacramento Bee: AM Alert: California water board considers drought cutbacks Reuters: California drought will cost thousands of farm jobs: study LA Times: Drought […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 20, 2014
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California Water and Drought News for May 19, 2014

The Liberty Voice: California Drought Greatly Affecting Wildlife SFGate: Feinstein: Environmentalists no help on California drought Liberty Voice: California Viticulture Hit Hard by Drought The Modesto Bee: North Valley gets more water at expense of south California Economic Summit: Phil Isenberg says knowing who pays for your water could help end California’s water wars The […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 14, 2014
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Today’s California Water and Drought-Related News

Central Valley Business Times: San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors to get water via Friant Dam Capitol Weekly: Brown makes urgent plea for delta tunnels The Fresno Bee: Millerton Lake to be tapped for northern San Joaquin Valley users, officials say Capital Public Radio: Brown’s Revised Budget Would Help California During Drought ABC 23: Dam water […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 14, 2014
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Notice of Proposed Emergency Rulemaking for Curtailment of Diversions Due to Insufficient Flows for Specific Fisheries

Please find below in PDF a Notice of Proposed Emergency Rulemaking for Curtailment of Diversions Due to Insufficient Flows for Specific Fisheries.  Also below are a fact sheet, the proposed rulemaking package, and the draft regulations.  This item will be considered at the May 20, 2014 Water Board meeting.  For more information about the Board […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 13, 2014
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Today’s Water, Climate Change and Drought-Related News, May 13, 2014

New York Times: Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans From Polar Melt KQED: What Does Climate Change in California Look Like? [Infographic] The Sacramento Bee: New entity to manage planning for massive Delta tunnels Politico: ‘Unstoppable’ decline for ice sheet LA Times: Irreversible collapse of Antarctic glaciers has begun, studies say Scientific American: Water Weight Used […]

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