Fresno Bee: Department of Water Resources awards millions to Fresno, Reedley and Orange Cove KQED: Parched California Farmers Hope to Tap Wastewater From Cities Los Angeles Daily News: Congressman seeks to end California water wars with waste-water recycling, desalination Los Angeles Times: Lawsuits over California water rights are a fight a century in the making Sacramento Bee: A scorcher all […]
Continue ReadingUpdate on 48-inch Force Main Reliability Improvement Project June 29, 2015 SVCW provides wastewater services to residents and businesses in Redwood City, San Carlos, Belmont, and West Bay Sanitary District Update #50 (June 29, 2015) for 48-inch Force Main Reliability Improvement Project: SVCW Pipeline Work […]
Continue ReadingClean Water Rule The Environmental Protection Agency and the US Army Corps of Engineers promulgated a final rule defining the waters of the United States for purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also referred to as the Clean Water Act. The rule enters into effect on 28 August. 80 Fed. Reg. 37053 […]
Continue ReadingClean Water Rule The Environmental Protection Agency and the US Army Corps of Engineers promulgated a final rule defining the waters of the United States for purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also referred to as the Clean Water Act. The rule enters into effect on 28 August. 80 Fed. Reg. 37053
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Lawsuits over California water rights are a fight a century in the making Courthouse News Service: Calif. Cities, Farms, Orchards Fight for Water National Public Radio: Residents Grow More Desperate Without Water In California Town Pleasanton Weekly: Governor unveils revised approach to fix Delta water system Sacramento Bee: Sacramento water agencies brace for historic drop in Folsom […]
Continue ReadingFinal State Budget, Trailer Bills Signed by Governor ACWA Legislative Advisory, June 26, 2015 Gov. Jerry Brown this week signed a final 2015-’16 state budget and an ACWA-opposed budget trailer bill that includes language authorizing the State Water Resources Control Board to mandate consolidation of public water systems. The trailer bill, which cleared the Assembly […]
Continue ReadingNew York Times: In California, Water Restrictions Above Ground and Leaks Below Associated Press: California farmers may defy notice to stop irrigating Los Angeles Times: 183 drought maps reveal just how thirsty California has become Los Angeles Times: Another DWP bill? No: ‘You are in the top 1% of all residential water users’ Capitol Weekly: Felicia Marcus navigates drought’s rough […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is the agenda for the July 7-8, 2015 SWRCB Board Meeting. This agenda is also posted on the SWRCB website and can also be accessed here.
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here please find a Notice of Stakeholder Meeting and Notice of Opportunity to Comment on Storm Water Strategic Initiative Proposal to Develop a Storm Water Program Workplan and Implementation Strategy. At the following link, please find an appendix of a proposed project list […]
Continue ReadingFrom the office of Rep. David Valadao: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, June 25, 2015, Congressmen David G. Valadao (CA-21) introduced a bill to modernize water policies in California and throughout the entire Western United States with the support of the entire California Republican delegation, the Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Chairman […]
Continue Reading
