This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board: The Proposed Emergency Regulation to implement the urban water conservation called for in the Governor’s April 1, 2015 Executive Order is now available on the State Water Board website. A detailed Fact Sheet, the Proposed Emergency Regulation text, and a spreadsheet with the Proposed […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley: Central Valley Pyrethroid Pesticides TMDL and Basin Plan Amendment A public stakeholder meeting is scheduled for May 5, 2015 at the Regional Board office from 1-4 pm. Please see attached agenda and notice for meeting details. Also attached is revised draft Basin Plan […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Gov. Jerry Brown seeks fines of up to $10,000 a day for water wasters Sacramento Bee: Jerry Brown urges fines of up to $10,000 for water waste in California drought San Francisco Chronicle: Drought: Water wasters face $10,000 fine under Brown’s proposal Yahoo News: Amid drought, California’s Brown wants big fines for wasting water Los Angeles […]
Continue ReadingCBS Sacramento: Farmers Press Lawmakers For More Water Storage Projects Sacramento Bee: Assembly panel kills Republican bill to speed dam construction Capital Public Radio: California Lawmakers Reject Attempt To Speed Up Water Storage Projects Sacramento Bee: See proposed water use cuts for every community in California Western Farm Press: California streamlines south-of-Delta water transfers Visalia Times-Delta: Water rights place neighbors at […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Import our water from wetter climes? It’s a pipe dream Sacramento Bee: Critics take aim at Nestlé bottled water plant in Sacramento Grist: Everything I thought I knew about water in California is wrong Sacramento Bee: California water use numbers should flow freely Central Valley Business Times: It’s all ears when water commissioners speak New York Times: Drought […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California orders no water diversions despite legal rights Stockton Record: Curtailments; Drought deja vu; Junior water rights cut off again Reuters: Bill to ban fining Californians who let lawns go brown in drought Los Angeles Times: California Assembly acts to prohibit fines for brown lawns in droughts KTLA 5 Los Angeles: Amid Extreme Drought, JPL Scientists Use New Technology […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California government says it’s meeting water-saving goal Sacramento Bee: Sacramento-area water agencies call state drought program illegal National Geographic: Lucrative But Thirsty Almonds Come Under Fire Amid Drought; Does it make sense for California to grow so many almonds when it has so little water? Newsweek: Drying Up: The Race to Save California From Drought New York Times: Troubling […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: ‘Water tech’ finally ready to rise amid California’s drought Bay Area News Group: California drought: Brown administration to stick with strict conservation targets, despite court ruling Associated Press: Ruling forces California water districts to review rates Marketplace: Anti-tax measure complicates California drought effort Business Insider: California’s water crisis is coming soon to the rest of America Roll […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: Appeals Court Rules Against Higher Water Rates for Big Users Orange County Register: Court rejects San Juan Capistrano’s tiered water rates, which could have statewide implications New York Times: California Court Rules Water Pricing Plan Violates Law Sacramento Bee: Brown calls tiered water ruling ‘a straitjacket’ for conservation efforts Washington Post: 8 fascinating images explain California’s dangerous drought […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: State water board issues revised drought regulations for Californians Los Angeles Times: What you need to know about the state’s proposed water restrictions Maven’s Notebook: State, Federal Agencies and Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Agree on Framework for Water Operations in Fourth Year of Drought Stockton Record: News worsens for rare Delta fish; Smelt’s decline reflects health of […]
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