Category: Water

  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 14, 2014
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State Water Board Looking to Fund Shovel Ready Water Recycling Projects

    State Water Board Looking to Fund Shovel Ready Water Recycling Projects   Now is the time to submit your agency’s application to the State Revolving Fund (SRF) for recycled water projects that are ready to move forward in the next one to three years.  CASA, WateReuse California and the Western Recycled Water Coalition have […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 10, 2014
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February 10 California Drought Update from ACWA

February 10, 2014 This is the third issue of the California Drought Update, compiled by the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) to keep media and other audiences current on drought conditions, impacts, news and other developments. Please visit ACWA’s website for additional information and resources. Questions? Contact Lisa Lien-Mager, ACWA Director of Communications, lisalm@acwa.com […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 10, 2014
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An ACWA Event: 2014 Drought – Impacts and Actions: What you Need to Know

Whether it’s the lowest Sierra snowpack on record or the historic announcement of zero deliveries from the State Water Project, it’s clear that California is in a drought of epic proportions. Local, state and federal agencies are mobilizing to address the challenge, but experts agree we are in unchartered territory. What will these unprecedented conditions […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 10, 2014
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John Coleman Editorial in the Sacramento Bee on the California Drought

Viewpoints: Extraordinary times call for extraordinary response John A. Coleman Special to The Bee Published: Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014 – 12:00 am Nearly every day brings fresh signs that California is in a drought of epic proportions. Whether it’s the historic announcement of zero deliveries from the State Water Project or the latest survey confirming […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 7, 2014
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Today’s Drought-Related News

  Climate Central: ‘Atmospheric River’ May Put a Dent in California Drought NBC: Drought Prompts Bay Area Water Agencies to Recycle Rain  KQED: Could We Find Tomorrow’s Water Supply Under the Ocean? Capital Public Radio: House Passes Water Delivery Act The Fiscal Times: California Drought Crisis: A $5B Hit to the Economy  

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 6, 2014
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ACWA Establishes Statewide Drought Action Group

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                         Feb. 6, 2014     Contact:  Lisa Lien-Mager, Director of Communications, 916/441-4545 or 530/902-3815 (cell)   ACWA Establishes Statewide Drought Action Group Water Community Experts to Identify Needs, Actions to Combat Severe Impacts   SACRAMENTO – With California now in its worst drought on record, ACWA is moving to assemble […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 5, 2014
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Federal Agencies and State of California Coordinating Response to Drought

For Release On: Feb. 5, 2014 Federal Agencies and State of California Coordinating Response to Drought Reclamation, NRCS announce additional funding opportunities for water conservation SACRAMENTO, Calif. – With California in its worst drought in the state’s 160 years of record-keeping—and following Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s declaration of a Drought State of Emergency on […]

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