This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). Central Valley Water Board staff will be scheduling a public stakeholder meeting in January to discuss the Central Valley Pyrethroid Basin Plan Amendment and TMDL. Persons interested in attending are encouraged to use the following link to inform staff […]
Continue ReadingFor Immediate Release December 4, 2015 Contact: Tom Mentzer (202) 224-9629 Feinstein Statement on California Water Negotiations Washington—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement on California water negotiations: “I understand that late Thursday night a drought bill was proposed as an addition to the omnibus. I am told it was proposed in my name, […]
Continue ReadingWILDFIRES: White House in talks to reform budgeting, streamline NEPA Phil Taylor, E&E reporter Published: Friday, December 4, 2015 LAS VEGAS — The White House is trying to cut a deal with Congress to overhaul how the nation budgets for wildfire and allow some streamlined logging in national forests, according to multiple sources close to […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for Dec. 2, 2015 in ACWA eNews Water Leaders Gather for “Game Changer” at ACWA Fall Conference & Exhibition Submitted by Pamela Martineau on Wed, 12/02/2015 – 1:31pm Indian Wells — ACWA’s 2015 Fall Conference & Exhibition officially kicked off in Indian Wells today with an opening address by Dr. Michael Dettinger, a research […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Click here to view a Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment and Public Workshop on Senate Bill 88 and Draft Emergency Regulation for Measuring and Reporting on the Diversion of Water. The Public Workshop is scheduled for December 17, 2015 Comment Deadline is December 14, […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Click here to view the revised agenda for the December 1-2, 2015 Board Meeting.
Continue ReadingJoin our mailing list November 23, 2015 Water Policy Expert is Keynote Speaker at January Conference We’re excited to announce Robert Glennon as keynote speaker for CASA’s Winter Conference in January. Mr. Glennon is Regents’ Professor and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. Glennon is one of […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for Nov. 18, 2015 ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Infographic: Will El Niño End California’s Drought? Submitted by Lisa Lien-Mager on Wed, 11/18/2015 – 12:47pm The stage is set for a strong El Niño event this winter, but experts are cautioning that heavy rain and even […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region (2). The Water Board is considering approval of Santa Clara County’s Local Agency Management Plan (LAMP) for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems. The LAMP is applicable to all OWTS in Santa Clara County. Approval of the LAMP will find that […]
Continue ReadingPerkins Coie Update Update | Environment, Energy & Resources November 17, 2015 Presidential Memorandum on Natural Resources Mitigation Policy: Avoid, Minimize and Compensate Highlights President Obama recently issued a Memorandum ordering five federal agencies to issue strengthened policies for mitigation of impacts on natural resources. The Memorandum emphasizes avoidance and minimization of impacts, and encourages a […]
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