Category: Water

  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 26, 2018
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Water News for July 26, 2018

Maven’s Notebook: OROVILLE DAM SPILLWAYS CONSTRUCTION: Update for July 25 (with photos and videos) Turlock Journal: Local legislators send plea to State Water Board Fresno bee: Temperance Flat dam gets $171 million. Project just needs another $2.6 billion San Francisco Chronicle: No real worry that Hetch Hetchy will be drained after Zinke’s visit Chico Enterprise-Record: Sites Reservoir earns $816 million […]

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CASA Connects for July 24, 2018

Conference News  CASA Conference Features 2018 US Water Prize Winner Announcing more exciting news for this year’s Annual Conference in Monterey! We will hear from Ted Henifin, general manager of Hampton Roads Sanitation District. Hampton Roads is the public sector winner of this year’s U.S. Water Prize, awarded earlier this month as part of the […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 25, 2018
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Water News for July 25, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: California funds new dams to protect against future drought Sacramento Bee: California’s largest reservoir project in decades gets an $800 million boost. But is it feasible? Wall Street Journal: California Set to Award $3 Billion in Water-Storage Projects New York Times: The $3 Billion Plan to Turn Hoover Dam Into a Giant Battery Patch.com: Pacheco Reservoir Expansion […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 24, 2018
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Water News for July 24, 2018

Oroville Mercury-Register: Oroville Dam committee has ‘historic’ meeting Daily Democrat: Deadline for funding of California water projects Fresno Bee: Valley is on track to break heat record; energy and air quality alerts issued ABC 7 News: State expected to release bond money for major Bay Area water projects KQED: The Great Era of California Dam Building May Be Over. Here’s […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 23, 2018
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Water News for July 23, 2018

Signal Tribune: Saving for a rainy day Mercury News: $1 billion coming to Bay Area for two new dams Turlock Journal: Water fight attracts federal interest Wall Street Journal: Interior Secretary Meets With Group Seeking to Drain San Francisco Reservoir News Deeply: California Farms’ Water Use Still Unclear, Despite New Reporting Rules Modesto Bee: OPINION: California water policy should rely on […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 20, 2018
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Water News for July 20, 2018

Sierra Sun Times: CA. DWR Announces State Plan to Improve Delta Conditions Further Refined to Reduce Impacts: Public Invited to Comment on Changes KRCR News: Lawmakers meet with DWR officials over dam safety Merced Sun-Star: Algae Bloom at ‘Warning’ Level in San Luis Reservoir ECT: Amendments Seek to Protect California Water Rights and Ensure Tunnels Comply with Environmental Laws […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 19, 2018
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Water News for July 19, 2018

Eureka Times-Standard: Eel River salmon, steelhead habitat to be restored after being blocked by railroad for 104 years Red, Green, and Blue: Delta Tunnels: John Laird opposes Calvert rider banning judicial review of water projects News Deeply: Here’s How the Largest Dam Removal Project in the U.S. Would Work Fox & Hounds: Deconstructing the Opposition […]

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SFBJV Bulletin for July 18, 2018

                      THE BULLETIN                       timely wetlands news from the SFBJV    July 18, 2018    before … after                                                   Native S. foliosa at restored marsh Got Native Spartina?  YES As a partner of the SF Bay Joint Venture you are likely familiar with Invasive Spartina (cordgrass) and know […]

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