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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 7, 2014
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California Water & Drought News for October 7, 2014

San Francisco Chronicle: California drought: Team climbs high to assess redwoods threat Wall Street Journal: California’s Drought Changed How the State Produces Electricity Curbed Los Angeles.: Seven Ways California Could Change in a 72-Year Drought CCTV America: New desalination plant could help drought-riddled California Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Amid drought, plan seeks to conserve aquifer under Santa Rosa Plain The […]

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  • onOctober 7, 2014
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Public Comment Period extended to November 14th for Clean Water Proposal

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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Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Listening Sessions

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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GRA Introduction to Groundwater and Watershed Hydrology Course — November 17-18, 2014 at UC Davis

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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September 2014 Preliminary Draft for Discussion – Pyrethroid Basin Plan Amendment Language

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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  • onOctober 6, 2014
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Water Job Opportunities for October 6, 2014

– South Orange County Wastewater Authority, Dana Point Controller – City of Signal Hill Water Systems Operator II – California American Water, Sacramento    Project Engineer – South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District, Oceano    WWTP OIT Intern, Operator I or II – Kern Water Bank Authority, Bakersfield    Assistant Manager

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