Sept. 25, 2015 ACWA News Available Online This issue wraps up the 2015-’16 legislative session that saw action on a number of issues important to ACWA members. These included ACWA-sponsored chromium-6 compliance bill SB 385 (Hueso), signed into law by Gov. Brown, to influencing budget trailer bill language on mandatory water system consolidations. Other articles […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Salmon to swim above Shasta Dam for first time in nearly 80 years Reuters: New California water bond seeks to plug funding holes LA Daily News: Metropolitan Water District issues $131 million in conservation rebates Los Angeles Times: Watchdog panel calls for immediate action to avoid ‘disaster’ Modesto Bee: Groundwater recharge project moves ahead San Francisco Chronicle: Drought survival: […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is the agenda for the October 7, 2015 SWRCB Board Meeting.
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached is the Notice and Agenda for the Water Quality Coordinating Committee Meeting scheduled for October 12-13, 2015.
Continue ReadingCalifornia Water Blog: The banality of California’s ‘1,200-year’ drought Chico News & Review: A never-ending cycle KFBK: CA Drought Continues To Affect Farmers Los Angeles Times: MWD’s water recycling plan is a good one, but don’t call it ‘toilet to tap’ Daily Mail: Images reveal how dry the ground has become across California, Oregon and Washington High Country News: How to […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for September 23, 2015 ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Click here to view the ACWA eNews for September 23, 2015.
Continue ReadingUpcoming ACWA Region Events ACWA Region 4 Program & Tour – October 9, Woodland, CA Fri, 10/09/2015 ACWA Region 4 Program & Tour: Achieving Solutions through Regional Cooperation Friday, October 9, 2015 | 11:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. ACWA Regions 6 & 7 Joint Water Forum – October 16, Visalia, CA Fri, 10/16/2015 San Joaquin Valley […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California water district eyes building huge recycling plant Los Angeles Times: Metropolitan Water District aims to build plant to recycle sewage into drinking water Los Angeles Sun Times: California wants to build one of the world’s largest recycled water programs Capital Public Radio News: Drought Test California’s Water Rights System Los Angeles Times: Analysis Westlands Water District agreement […]
Continue ReadingACWA’s 2015 Regulatory Summit will take place Oct. 14 at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Ontario, CA. SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT (SGMA): ONE YEAR LATER ACWA 2015 Regulatory Summit October 14, 2015 Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Ontario, CA >> AGENDA NOW AVAILABLE << The summit will include programs on topics such as: * GSA Formation […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Some growers can divert water again amid drought, regulators say Los Angeles Times: Water and Power: Taps back on, for some Sacramento Bee: Two major water agencies consider buying Delta islands Capital Public Radio News: Flooding California Farmlands Might Restore Groundwater Los Angeles Times: Westlands Water District agreement a retreat from previous U.S. plan Contra Costa […]
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