New York Times: Drought Sends US Water Agency Back to Drawing Board Associated Press: California Water Rates Rise as Cities Lose Money in Drought Associated Press: California’s Water Rates Rise Los Angeles Times: Drought drives greater household use of gray water Los Angeles Times: Water agencies baffle conservationists with water use surge Washington Post: California’s rural poor hit hardest as groundwater […]
Continue ReadingRigzone: Crude-by-rail shipments to continue rising, analysts say The Hill: Senate Dems neglect facts on benefits from allowing crude exports The Washington Examiner: White House to agencies: Consider climate costs in next budget New York Times: California Drought Sends U.S. Water Agency Back to Drawing Board CNBC: Oil falls on Greece vote, China stock market turmoil National Journal: BP Will Pay […]
Continue ReadingSan Jose Mercury News: FasTrak Flex: Get ready for the Bay Area’s next set of express lanes Fairfield Daily Republic: STA to consider rail plan, budget revision, added freeway metering lights Marin Independent Journal: Frustration grows over Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier delays Los Angeles Times: Bay Area tunnel to be renamed after late actor Robin Williams KQED: Legislators Tackle […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: Amid a punishing drought, California is finally learning how to save water Associated Press: Record Water Savings Shows Big Cuts To California Supplies Feasible Appeal-Democrat: Drought Watch: Groundwater pumping sparks controversy Los Angeles Times: Cities’ food supplies are eating into groundwater reserves, study finds Breitbart News: No Toilet, No Showers: California Man Cuts Water Use by 95% Courthouse […]
Continue ReadingAttached here is the Supplemental Agenda for the Port of Oakland Board Meeting to be held on July 9, 2015. For more information and for all agenda related materials, please visit the Port of Oakland website.
Continue ReadingFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 2, 2015 CONTACT: Julia Bell Slingsby 202-226-9019 Bishop Statement on Agreement of Catastrophic Wildfire Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement on the agreement reached for consideration ofthe bipartisan Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015 (H.R. 2647), introduced by Rep. Westerman (R-AR), by the full […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for July 1, 2015 ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Click here to view the ACWA eNews for July 1, 2015.
Continue ReadingCourthouse News Service: Greens Fight Dredging of San Francisco Bay By ELIZABETH WARMERDAM OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) – The Army Corps of Engineers’ dredging of 11 navigation channels in San Francisco Bay will erode the shore and put endangered fish at risk, an environmental group claims in court. San Francisco Baykeeper seeks writ of mandate compelling the […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California water board: Record drought conservation shows big cuts are possible Associated Press: California cities show biggest water savings yet in drought San Francisco Chronicle: Californians getting drought message: Water usage plunges Los Angeles Times: California residents cut water use by hefty 29% in May, officials say Sacramento Bee: Residents urged to conserve as heat strains power grid […]
Continue ReadingJune 2015 The beautiful city of Porto at the River Douro This year, it was the Portuguese Section’s turn to organise PIANC’s Annual General Assembly in the beautiful city of Porto in Portugal on May 19, 2015. And we may say it was again a very successful edition! Besides a smooth organisation of all the […]
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