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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed the draft Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement (FR/EIS) for the Sacramento – San Joaquin Rivers Delta Islands and Levees, California, Feasibility Study, and it is now available for public review on the Sacramento District’s website at http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/SacramentoSanJoaquinDelta. The public review period for the draft FR/EIS […]
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1) The Eastern & Western Chapters of WEDA are pleased to announce that they will hold their respective Annual Meetings for 2014 in October. Below you will find a summary of each of the events. 2014 Eastern Chapter Annual Meeting When: October 14- 16, 2014 Add to Calendar Where: The Westin Peachtree Plaza 210 Peachtree Street […]
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From E&E Daily WATER: Dems introduce bill to expand Calif. reservoir; Feinstein stumps for wider drought bill (Friday, April 11, 2014) Debra Kahn, E&E reporter Amid California’s continuing drought, House Democrats introduced a bill yesterday to expand a reservoir in the San Francisco Bay Area to supply the region with water from the […]
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Mercury News editorial: California should embrace breakthrough on groundwater protection In a remarkable turn of events, California’s devastating drought could produce one of the state’s biggest environmental breakthroughs in decades. Lawmakers need to seize the moment and enact groundwater management legislation to halt the draining of the aquifer under the state’s most fertile farmland, a […]
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April 10, 2014 ACWA-Sponsored Bill on Recycled Water Pipeline Projects Headed for Hearing Support Letters Needed for Assembly Natural Resources Committee The Assembly Natural Resources Committee will soon consider AB 2417, ACWA-sponsored legislation that would cut red tape for local communities to install, maintain and operate recycled water pipelines, also known as “purple pipes.” Authored […]
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On April 9, 2014, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and U. S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) submitted a request for modifications to the Order, revised on March 18, 2014, that approved a temporary urgency change in license and permit terms and conditions for the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project requiring […]
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California water plan unveils hardships to come as drought persists By Matt Weiser As California’s drought stretches toward the hot summer months, state and federal officials are planning extraordinary measures to protectdrinking water supplies and endangeredSacramento River salmon, according to a plan unveiled Wednesday. Read the full article here
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Don’t forget, BPC Executive Director John A. Coleman will be speaking at the 2014 PIANC World Congress in June! Check out the event now!
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Over the last few years, the LTMS agencies have worked closely with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to develop a proposed update to the LTMS programmatic biological opinion (BO). That process is near completion. Please findbelow an advance copy of the LTMS agencies’ proposed update to the NMFS programmatic BO regarding salmonids and green sturgeon and the LTMS program. The proposed […]
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Stuart Siegel and Wetlands and Water Resources, Inc. Join ESA 04.08.2014 Environmental Science Associates (ESA), a leading West Coast-based environmental science and planning firm, announced that on April 1, 2014, Dr. Stuart Siegel and his firm Wetlands and Water Resources, Inc. (WWR), has joined with ESA. WWR is a San Rafael, California-based professional restoration design […]
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