The Coastal Conservancy is pleased to announce a new round of competitive grants to fund multi-benefit watershed restoration and ecosystem protection projects. These grants will be funded by the Proposition 1 Water Bond approved by California voters last fall. The proposal solicitation is on our website and applications are due September 30, 2015.
Continue ReadingAN E&E PUBLISHING SERVICE WATER POLICY: GOP releases internal documents in PR blitz to kill rule Annie Snider, E&E reporter Published: Friday, July 31, 2015 Internal memos detailing the Army Corps of Engineers’ fierce criticisms of the Obama administration’s controversial water rule were publicly released yesterday afternoon by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.Committee […]
Continue ReadingNew York Times: Water Use in California Down 27% in June, Beating Goal Wall Street Journal: Drop in California Water Usage Exceeds State Mandate Los Angeles Times: Californians cut water usage by 27% in June, but officials remain wary Associated Press: California judge says she’ll likely uphold farmer water cuts Los Angeles Times: Kern County to consider cracking […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). This pertains to the next “Evaluation of the Municipal and Domestic Supply (MUN) Beneficial Use in Ag Dominated Surface Waters” stakeholder meeting – please mark your calendars for Thursday September 3, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Rancho Cordova. […]
Continue ReadingTracking Water Quality of the Nation’s Rivers and Streams A new online graphical data tool that provides annual summaries of nutrient and sediment concentrations and loads and streamflow information is now available. The tool can be used to: – compare recent water-quality conditions to long-term conditions (1993-2013) at each site, – download water-quality datasets (streamflow, concentrations, […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region (2). Attached here is the agenda for the August 12, 2015 Board Meeting of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region. It is aslo available on the RWQCB website at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/board_info/agenda.shtml
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California to Release June Water-Savings Report Amid Drought Associated Press: CA Big Cities Say They Are Meeting Water Savings Goal Los Angeles Times: El Niño contributing to ‘monsoon on steroids’ behind Southland’s humid weather Los Angeles Times: Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduces $1.3-billion California drought relief bill SF Gate: Dianne Feinstein’s drought package splits from GOP strategy Los Angeles […]
Continue ReadingCALIFORNIA: Feinstein, Boxer need Murkowski’s help to move drought measure Annie Snider, Debra Kahn and Anne C. Mulkern, E&E reporters Published: Thursday, July 30, 2015 The California drought measure unveiled yesterday by the state’s two Democratic senators served as their bid in a political gamble where a Republican now holds the most important cards. The […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for July 29, 2015 ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Click here to view the ACWA eNews for July 29, 2015.
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board: Change Sheet #1 for Item 9 at the August 4, 2015 Board Meeting is now available. Please click here to access it.
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