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Dredging News

Dredging News Online: Contaminated Sediments – A good practice guide for the UK  Port of Los Angeles and Los Angeles River Estuary, Maintenance Dredging West Coast Environmental Clamshell- Sources Sought  Richmond Inner Harbour Reaches 1 Maintenance Dredging, California Port of Redwood City, Harbour Maintenance Dredging, California

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Notice of Opportunity to Comment- Lahontan Basin Plan Amendments

This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Below in PDF is a Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the Proposed Approval of Amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Lahontan Region Clarifying the Antidegradation Policy, Adding Mixing Zone Provisions, Revising Certain Waste Discharge Prohibitions, and Amending Chapter 5- Water […]

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Bank of the West: Instant Analysis of Today’s Employment Report for April

Instant Analysis of Today’s Employment Report for April Job Market Heating-Up; +288K vs. Consensus Exp. +218K Labor Market Leaps Into Second Quarter- Shows Visible Signs of Firming Avg. Monthly Payroll Gains over Past 3-Months Improves to +237K Broad-based Job Growth across Goods & Services Sectors Business Services (+75K), Ed & Health (+40K), Leisure & Hospitality […]

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EPA Announces Funding Availability to Clean Up Diesel Engines Nationwide

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2014 EPA Announces Funding Availability to Clean Up Diesel Engines Nationwide Funding for diesel clean-up targeting cost-effective projects and poor air quality areas WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today the availability of $9 million in grant funding for clean diesel projects to reduce diesel pollution and […]

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Today’s California Drought-Related News

Marketplace: Drought puts California rice in a sticky situation Sacramento Bee: Drought shadows the start of California salmon season i09: What happens when a city runs out of water? Maven’s Notebook: DWR releases report on groundwater basins with potential shortages, monitoring, gaps CNN: From toilet to tap: Getting a taste for drinking recycled waste water […]

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National Maritime Day DC Celebration Invitation from the US DOT and MARAD

  Celebrate National Maritime Day   Please join the Maritime Administration and the U. S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command as we honor our maritime industry, our mariners and our proud traditions on National Maritime Day.   When:              Thursday, May 22, 2014 Where:             U.S. Department of Transportation                         1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C.  […]

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Bay-Delta Science Conference – Call for Abstracts

Bay-Delta Science Conference – Call for Abstracts due June 11, 2014 October 28-30, 2014 Sacramento Convention Center http://scienceconf2014.deltacouncil.ca.gov/ The Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference is a forum for presenting technical analyses and results relevant to the Delta Science Program’s mission to provide the best possible, unbiased, science-based information for water and environmental decision-making in the Bay-Delta […]

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ACWA eNews for April 30, 2014

  ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Assembly Committee Approves Groundwater Legislation Legislation aimed at achieving sustainable management of the state’s groundwater basins advanced Tuesday, clearing the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee on a 9-5 vote. Read more California Groundwater Levels at Historic Lows, Report Says California’s groundwater […]

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