Sacramento Bee: Jolting California officials, Trump administration looks to rewrite rules for Delta water News Deeply: The Unanticipated Benefits of California’s Water Policies ABC 10: Q&A: New threats as California transitions from fire season to rainy season Winters Express: OPINION: Requiem for a Perc Palm Springs Desert Sun: California might bail out controversial desert hydropower […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). Reformatted Water Quality Control Plans for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins and the Tulare Lake Basin (Basin Plans) have been posted on the Central Valley Water Board’s website at: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/basin_plans/#basinplans The new Basin Plans include […]
Continue ReadingNews Deeply: ‘Exchange Pools’: Los Angeles Provides Innovative Groundwater Strategy Durango Herald: Lake Mead water shortage could spell trouble for Colorado Modesto Bee: Historic, tragic Dennett Dam removed as part of plan to restore river in Modesto The Independent: Zone 7 Board Rejects Endorsing Proposition 3 on Split Vote Sacramento News and Review: Moving numbers Sierra Star: Clean water is near […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: California’s water wars heat up at Sacramento hearing over river flows News Deeply: A Century On, the Battle Over Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Valley Continues The Daily Independent: Council to support Delta Counties Coalition East Bay Times: Toxic blue-green algae triggers warning in Pittsburg Yale Climate Connections: The surprising connection between summer A/C and last winter’s snow […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Farmers protest California water plan aimed to save salmon Pacific Standard: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CALLS FOR MORE WATER AND LESS REGULATION IN CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL VALLEY Capital Public Radio: California Lawmakers Eye Voluntary Tax To Pay For Central Valley Water Contamination Voice of San Diego: Environment Report: Doomsday for Colorado River Approaches Los Angeles Times: Ryan Zinke, […]
Continue ReadingModesto Bee: Stanislaus, Merced County opponents gear for water rally at Capitol on Monday Los Angeles Times: FEMA agrees to cut Newport flood zone by more than half, saving property owners millions in insurance costs News Deeply: Why the Environment Is a Big Winner in California’s Groundwater Law South Pasadena Review: Graves Reservoir Project Breaks Ground Saturday Santa Monica […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Delta tunnels cost soars to nearly $20 billion when accounting for inflation SFGATE: California’s 20-pound invasive nutria problem could be worse than previously imagined Los Angeles Times: Climate change is helping crank up the temperatures of California’s heat waves Modesto Bee: State water board won’t vote next week on controversial river flow plan Mountain Democrat: Honey sweetens ditch […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board Attached is an Revised Agenda for the August 21-22, 2018 Board Meeting. Item 4 (Consideration of a proposed Resolution to adopt amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary and adopt the Final Substitute Environmental Document) will […]
Continue ReadingThe Guardian: California v nutria: state seeks to eradicate scourge of giant rodents News Deeply: How Ranchers Are Getting by With Less Water Across the West The Press: California WaterFix start dates raise red flags Union Democrat: Fixing $21M in storm damage continues at Hetch Hetchy’s Moccasin dam and reservoir Alpenhorn News: Lake Gregory Dam Project Community Meeting in Crestline […]
Continue ReadingEast Bay Times: Oroville Dam: See before-and-after video of construction progress Live Science: This Amazing Map Shows How California ‘Breathes’ Water Throughout the Year San Francisco Chronicle: In California’s new wildfire reality, facing the need for periodic fires to clear fuel City Watch LA: How Much California Water Bond Money is for Storage? FOX 40: Notice About Toxic Chemical has […]
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