This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Notice of Postponement of Public Hearing regarding Supplemental Public Hearing to be held pursuant to Order WR 2012-0012, and for Order WR 2011-0005 which issued a Cease and Desist Order (CDO) against Woods Irrigation Company.
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Revised Notice of Adoption Meeting Proposed Final Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California Addressing Desalination Facility Intakes, Brine Discharges, and the Incorporation of Other Non-Substantive Changes and Proposed Final Staff Report Including the Substitute […]
Continue ReadingWeiss Helps to Clean Up Middle Harbor Shoreline Park In celebration of Earth Day, Weiss staff took time out of their weekend to help clean up Oakland’s only shoreline beach. Weiss and other volunteers joined the Port of Oakland–who organized the cleanup–and worked together to create a wonderful day cleaning up the beach and learning about shoreline birds from naturalists and interns at […]
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 ReadingMorning Consult: Growing Chorus of Complaints on Chemicals in Gasoline Wall Street Journal: China Plans Its First Home-Grown Electric Sports Car Bloomberg: U.S. Index Futures Decline After Equities Come Close to Record Bloomberg: U.S. Shale Fracklog Triples as Drillers Keep Oil Out of Market CNBC: Solar power about to go mainstream NBC News: Obama Makes Climate Case in Florida’s Everglades MSNBC: Hillary Clinton […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Better ferry service could ease Bay Area traffic woes Contra Costa Times: BART budgets for less crowded, cleaner, on-time trains San Jose Mercury News: Roadshow: More South Bay streets going on a ‘diet’ Fairfield Daily Republic: Interchange project marks major milestone Independent News: One Bay Area Topic of Meeting National Journal: A Big Fight Over a Small Slice […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for April 22, 2015 ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. ACWA-Sponsored CEQA Bill Clears Assembly Appropriations, Headed to Assembly Floor Submitted by Emily Allshouse on Wed, 04/22/2015 – 12:29pm ACWA-sponsored AB 291 (Medina), a bill that would streamline current California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) noticing requirements […]
Continue ReadingSenators push to increase funds for dredging Annie Snider, E&E reporter (EE Daily), Published: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Ports proponents in the Senate are leaning on appropriators to follow through with funding for harbor maintenance and the inland waterways system as work on 2016 funding measures moves forward. In a bipartisan letter sent to Appropriations Committee […]
Continue ReadingAPPROPRIATIONS: White House blasts House energy and water bill Hannah Northey, E&E reporter, Published: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 The White House yesterday blasted a House energy and water spending bill that would block the Obama administration’s water rule and boost funding for nuclear and fossil fuel research, calling it “irresponsible.” Shaun Donovan, director of the Office of […]
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 […]
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