This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the proposed approval of the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (Los Angeles Water Board) amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region that would incorporate stakeholder-developed groundwater quality management […]
Continue ReadingJoin our mailing list October 13, 2015 Governor Signs Bill: No More Plastic Microbeads in California! On Thursday, October 8, Governor Brown signed CASA’s co-sponsored bill, AB 888, which bans the use of plastic microbeads in personal care products like face wash, soap, and toothpaste. The enactment of AB 888 is a significant victory for […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Poll: California’s drought heavy on the mind New York Times: A Culture of Nagging Helps California Save Water Washington Times: California fair implements water-saving measures Los Angeles Times: Water and Power: California’s drought means smaller pumpkins for Halloween TakePart: Drought-Weary California Tries to Make Wine out of Less Water Napa Valley Register: Valley’s future is in our hands […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: 1998 El Niño pounded an unready Bay Area: Are we prepared now? Los Angeles Times: Massive El Niño is now ‘too big to fail,’ scientist says Wall Street Journal: Fines Over Water Use Rankle Californians Associated Press: California craft beer brewers balance drafts and drought Highbrow Magazine: How Bad is California’s Drought? Sacramento Bee: Drought, community support […]
Continue ReadingSenators drill into California water bill BY MICHAEL DOYLE WASHINGTON Ever hopeful lawmakers on Thursday conjured the vision of a compromise California water bill that succeeds instead of fails. It may be a mirage. But in a long-awaited hearing, the chairwoman of a key Senate committee zeroed in on some specific, concrete details that […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: New forecast says El Niño could help Northern California, ease drought San Francisco Chronicle: Feinstein, Boxer hopeful for compromise to increase state water Associated Press: Governor signs bills in aftermath of Santa Barbara oil spill San Francisco Chroncle: This year’s El Niño still looks like a whopper New York Times: California Becomes Latest State to Ban Plastic Microbeads […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). Scientific peer reviews of the technical reports supporting the Central Valley Pyrethroid TMDL and Basin Plan Amendment have been completed and are available online at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/tmdl/central_valley_projects/central_valley_pesticides/pyrethroid_tmdl_bpa/index.shtml Central Valley Water Board Staff will be scheduling a public stakeholder meeting in late […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: El Niño is no substitute for water management Associated Press: California governor signs aggressive climate change bill PBS News Hour: As drought-desperate California sinks, the risk of flood is rising KFBK: Grim Outlook for 2016’s Water Levels KCRA Sacramento: Drought could make salmon fishing conditions even worse Fox News: California’s farmers left high and dry by drought, […]
Continue ReadingAPPROPRIATIONS: McConnell moves to advance energy, water spending bill Hannah Northey, E&E reporter Published: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) today moved to proceed with the $35.4 billion fiscal 2016 energy and water development spending bill. The Senate could vote as early as Thursday on a procedural motion deciding whether to […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: California’s federal reservoirs even lower than last year Associated Press: Fort Bragg to eateries: Use paper plates in California drought Western Farm Press: Central Valley Project falls to 24 percent of capacity Capital Press: Temporary rock barrier removed from Delta as winter approaches Stockton Record: Our view: Water vigilance must continue The Salinas Californian: More California winemakers tap less […]
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