ACWA Drought Response Toolkit Now Available With the State Water Resources Control Board’s emergency conservation regulations now in effect, water agencies around the state are working to meet state-mandated water conservation targets ranging from 4% to 36%. ACWA has prepared this Drought Response Toolkit to assist member agencies as they take action at the local […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. An information sheet has been posted regarding the proposed resolution to delegate authority to the Executive Director of the State Water Board to approve, on a case-by-case basis, the measures that owners or operators of existing power plants utilizing cooling water intake structures shall […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for June 24, 2015 ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Click here to view the ACWA eNews for June 24, 2015.
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: State water system stretched to limit, officials say Sacramento Bee: Some water agencies in California consider defying state cuts Los Angeles Times: Water conservation amid drought: Who made the grade? The Fresno Bee: Obama turns up dial on California drought aid Capital Public Radio News: Feds Give $150 Million To Help California With Drought San Francisco Chronicle: California drought: […]
Continue ReadingPresentations, handouts and the participant list from the Climate Readiness Institute’s (CRI) “Bay Area Water in Changing Climate” event are now available on the CRI web site. The event also resulted in three action summaries based on participants’ input and a new handout on best websites for Bay Area drought and water information. You may access them […]
Continue ReadingNew York Times: Troubled Delta System Is California’s Water Battleground Sacramento Bee: Under new plan, Folsom Lake could be dangerously dry within months CBS News: Most California farmers ignoring water restrictions Capital Public Radio: Regulations Would Allow Removal Of Drought-Killed Trees San Diego Union-Tribune: Airport’s new water source is the air KQED: San Francisco Requires Water Recycling San Francisco Chronicle: Stockton judge […]
Continue ReadingUpdates from Friends of the San Francisco Estuary Sacramento River, Spring 2015 Current Water Updates for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary June 2015 What’s Happening Today: DROUGHT ACTIONS AFFECTING THE SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY STATE WATER LEGISLATION FEDERAL DROUGHT LEGISLATION: DO NO HARM SACRAMENTO RIVER TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT PLAN REGIONAL NEWS FOR THE ESTUARY DROUGHT ACTIONS AFFECTING […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. – Attached here is a Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment and Notice of Adoption Meeting on the Revised Draft Model Criteria for Groundwater Monitoring. For further background information, please also the see the attached documents below: Draft Model Criteria for Groundwater Monitoring in […]
Continue ReadingClick here to view a joint letter sent by the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA), California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA), and WateReuse California for adequate funding of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) programs.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California: Many farmers miss deadline to report water cuts Associated Press: California water districts challenge state’s drought order San Francisco Chronicle: Drought: San Joaquin County town averts crisis, keeps water going Los Angeles Times: Water and Power: What can we learn from Santa Barbara? Los Angeles Times: Master-planned community will get water under new agreement KPBS: California Drought Changes What […]
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