This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Available here is a Revised Notice of Public Hearing to determine whether to impose Administrative Civil Liability against Byron-Bethany Irrigation District for alleged unauthorized diversions from the Intake Channel to the Banks Pumping Plant (formerly Italian Slough) in Contra Costa County. The Pre-Hearing Conference […]
Continue ReadingCongress released a letter addressed to President Barack Obama and California Governor, Edmund Brown, regarding El Nino and the need to store, capture, and move precipitation resulting from the storm event. Click here to read the full letter.
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Congressional Republicans demand plan for collecting El Niño water Los Angeles Times: Water bills will creep up next year in LA because we’ve conserved Wall Street Journal: To See Fines Dry Up, Californians Pour Into Water School WIRED: How Rain Turns Dirt Into Disaster Sacramento Bee: Endangered fish find unusual ally in rice farmers Capital Public […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for Oct. 21, 2015 ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Manage your subscription here. California Water Commission Approves SGMA Basin Boundary Emergency Regulations Submitted by Emily Allshouse on Wed, 10/21/2015 – 12:06pm The California Water Commission Wednesday approved the California Department of Water Resources’ emergency regulations for modifying […]
Continue ReadingIt takes a lot of water to create energy. Water is required to generate hydropower, cool electric power plants, and also during fuel refining, extraction and production. A shortage of water can constrain energy production since 143 billion gallons of freshwater is consumed by power plants in the United States every day. Water is not […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California lawmakers travel to Australia for drought lessons Sacramento Bee: California lawmakers head to Australia to study drought response Associated Press: Amid California drought, hope for the monarch butterfly Marketplace.org: Why a dry California will still grow a lot of food California Ag Today: Water Commission Meeting Delivers Passion and Controversy WGCU News: State Water Policy Changes […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: Calif. prepares for El Nino floods amid drought Los Angeles Times: Flash floods trap visitors, rangers in Death Valley National Park Los Angeles Times: Drought-stressed California forests face a radical shift NBC Southern California: Time to Start Preparing for El Niño, Officals Urge NBC Southern California: State and Local Officials Remind Residents to […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: California mudslides and chaos offer a preview of what El Niño could bring Associated Press: California shuts 33 oilfield wells threatening water supply Los Angeles Times: Why some homeowners are no longer cool with backyard pools Contra Costa Times: Drought: Half of homes in Blackhawk neighborhood using excessive water Los Angeles Times: […]
Continue ReadingCommissioner’s Office For Immediate Release: October 16, 2016 WaterSMART Funding Opportunity Now Available for Title XVI Authorized Projects WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking applications from congressionally authorized sponsors of Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse projects for cost-shared funding to plan, design or construct their projects. The funding opportunity is part of Reclamation’s […]
Continue ReadingINVASIVE WEED TREATMENTS CA State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways Water Hyacinth and Spongeplant Control Program – 2015 Treatments for the Week of October 19 thru October 23 View Larger Image In 2014 DBW treated a total of 2,617 acres of Water Hyacinth and Spongeplant combined. At this time in the 2015 treatment season DBW […]
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