Category: Water

  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 5, 2018
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Water News for June 5, 2018

Water Deeply: Why Emergency Drought Assistance Will Be Needed in California for Years UC San Diego: A little water could make a big difference for endangered salmon Fresno Bee Editorial Board: Editorial: This is California. We should be able to drink the water. Lawmakers, fix this disgrace San Bernardino Sun: Stone fire in Agua Dulce […]

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WETA Board of Directors Meeting Thursday, June 7, 2018

        Notice of Board of Directors Meeting  The next San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority Board of Directors meeting will be held on Thursday, June 7 at 1:30 p.m. at WETA, Pier 9, Suite 111, San Francisco, CA.   The meeting agenda and full Board packet are now available for download on […]

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CA State Parks Aquatic Invasive Plant Control Program SAV Update

  Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Control Program  Brazilian Waterweed (Egeria densa), Curly-leaf Pondweed (Potamogeton crispus), Eurasian Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), Fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana), and Coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum)   California Department of Parks and Recreation  Division of Boating and Waterways Aquatic Invasive Plant Control Program (AIPCP)    Treatment for June 4 through June 8, 2018 Herbicide treatment of […]

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CA State Parks Aquatic Invasive Plant Control Program FAV Update

Floating Aquatic Vegetation Control Program Water Hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes),  South American Spongeplant (Limnobium laevigatum),  Uruguay Water Primrose (Ludwigia hexapetala), and Alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) California Department of Parks and Recreation Division of Boating and Waterways Aquatic Invasive Plant Control Program (AIPCP) Treatments for June 4 through June 8, 2018 Herbicide treatment of invasive floating aquatic vegetation […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 4, 2018
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Water News for June 4, 2018

Water Deeply: Recycled Wastewater Now Flowing to San Joaquin Valley Farms, Wildlife Los Angeles Times: California will have water consumption limits for the first time after ‘landmark’ legislation passed Ryan Sabalow and Dale Kasler: These fish are at the heart of California’s water debate. But extinction could be close Chico Enterprise-Record: Editorial: Hits and misses […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 1, 2018
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Reclamation makes funding opportunities available for Desalination Construction Projects & Title XVI

Commissioner’s Office Washington, DC Media Contact: Peter Soeth, psoeth@usbr.gov, 303-445-3615 For Immediate Release:  May 30, 2018 Bureau of Reclamation makes funding opportunities available for Desalination Construction Projects under the WIIN Act and Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Reclamation has made two funding opportunities available, Desalination Construction Projects under […]

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CASA Connects Water and Wastewater Updates for May 30

  Suspense File Hearing Determines Bills to Move Forward   Last Friday, the Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees held their “suspense file” hearings to determine the bills that move forward and those that stop for the year. Here’s how this somewhat opaque, fast-paced hearing process works. Bills that reach a certain cost threshold are automatically referred […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 1, 2018
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Water News for June 1, 2018

Sacramento Bee: Gov. Brown makes water conservation rules permanent Mercury News: New technology can purify ‘dirty’ winter storm water Sacramento Bee: Does your water district fail to comply with drinking water standards? Water Education Foundation: It’s Not Just Nutria — Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has 185 Invasive Species, But Tracking Them Is Uneven Water Deeply: Costly […]

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