Category: Public Policy

Save the Date – Municipal and Domestic Supply (MUN) Meeting on June 3, 2015

This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). Thank you to those of you who responded to the meet-o-matic request for scheduling our next “Evaluation of the Municipal and Domestic Supply (MUN) Beneficial Use in Agriculturally Dominated Surface Water Bodies” stakeholder meeting. Based on the responses, we are […]

Continue Reading

Water Board Adopts Final Emergency Regulation to Implement 25% Statewide Reduction in Urban Water Use

State Board Adopts Final Regulation on Mandated Urban Water Use Reductions Published by ACWA, article by Pamela Martineau View article online here. After several hours of testimony from local water agency officials and others, the State Water Resources Control Board today adopted the final emergency regulation package for implementing the required 25% statewide reduction in […]

Continue Reading

Revised Resolution – Item 7 (Desalination Amendments) – May 6, 2015 SWRCB Board Meeting

This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is the Revised Resolution and the May 5, 2015 version of the Desalination Amendment associated with Item 7 (Desalination Amendment) at the May 6, 2015 Board Meeting.  This May 5th, 2015 version of the Desalination Amendment has no new changes as of […]

Continue Reading

Governor Brown to Speak at ACWA Conference Tomorrow in Sacramento

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Governor’s Press Office Tuesday, May 5, 2015 (916) 445-4571 Governor Brown to Speak at ACWA Conference Tomorrow in Sacramento   SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will give remarks tomorrow in Sacramento at the Association of California Water Agencies’ (ACWA) 2015 Spring Conference and Exhibition, which will convene local water […]

Continue Reading

Pyrethroids TMDL & BPA – May 5 Stakeholder Meeting Presentation

This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). Central Valley Pyrethroid Pesticides TMDL and Basin Plan Amendment –  Pyrethroids TMDL & BPA – May 5 Stakeholder Meeting Presentation   After the meeting, the presentation will also be posted on the project website here.

Continue Reading

Federal Navigation Channels Maintenance Dredging Final EA/EIR

This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region (2). The Final Environmental Assessment/Environmental Impact Report (EA/EIR) for the Maintenance Dredging of the Federal Navigation Channels in San Francisco Bay, Fiscal Years 2015-2024 and Response to Comments is available online here. The United States Army Corps of Engineers […]

Continue Reading

Ann Adler Named Bureau of Reclamation’s Chief, Congressional and Legislative Affairs

Commissioner’s Office Washington, DC Media Contact:  Sarah K. Webster, swebster@usbr.gov, 202-513-0568 For Immediate Release:  May 4, 2015   Ann Adler Named Reclamation’s Chief, Congressional and Legislative Affairs WASHINGTON – Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan López has appointed Ann Adler to serve as Reclamation’s Chief, Congressional and Legislative Affairs. She will oversee Reclamation’s congressional and legislative affairs activities and […]

Continue Reading