Category: Water

  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 2, 2018
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Water News for April 2, 2018

KPCC: Californians go back to wasting as much water as before the drought Sacramento Bee: Worn out by drought, people still can use water wisely Department of Water Resources: DWR To Conduct Season’s Fourth Manual Snow Survey Today Los Angeles Times: Opinion: The Sierra Nevada snowpack will be 64% smaller by the end of this […]

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Notice of WETA Board of Directors Meeting, Thursday, April 5, 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, April 5 at 1:30 p.m. at Pier 1, Port of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.   The meeting agenda and full Board packet are now available for download […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 30, 2018
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Water News for March 30, 2018

Associated Press: Drought expands across Southwestern US New York Times: Biggest Threat to Humanity? Climate Change, U.N. Chief Says Sacramento Bee: Editorial: Finally, some common-sense moves on California wildfires The Press: Updates on WaterFix: State Water Resources Control Board continues hearings  Oroville Mercury Register: Fire and water: Thermalito Powerplant getting ready to run again. Maven’s […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 29, 2018
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Water News for March 29, 2018

PPIC: How Oroville Is Changing Dam Safety in California Water Deeply: Report: Half of the West’s Rivers Altered by Development, Diversions The Malibu Times: March Storms Dump Water, but California’s Drought Presses On CA Natural Resources Agency: WaterFix Design Refinements Proposed To Minimize Impacts, Improve Performance and Reduce Costs Maven’s Notebook: CA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: […]

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PMM Online News – Tuesday, March 27, 2018

California Ports Talk Clean Air By Karen Robes Meeks Clean air innovation and solutions were on the docket at a two-day Pacific Ports Clean Air Collaborative conference earlier this month…(Read full article) Puget Sound Pollution Down By Karen Robes Meeks Maritime-related air pollution in the Puget Sound fell in almost every sector between 2005 and […]

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WOTUS – Judge restarts N.D. suit in wake of Supreme Court decision

CLEAN WATER RULE Judge restarts N.D. suit in wake of Supreme Court decision Amanda Reilly, E&E News reporter Published: Monday, March 26, 2018   A North Dakota federal court will resume hearing litigation over the Obama administration’s Clean Water Rule following an order Friday by a magistrate judge.   Magistrate Judge Alice Senechal granted states’ […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 26, 2018
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Water News for March 26, 2018

San Luis Obispo Tribune: Weather forecast for the week of March 26 Water Deeply: Report: How Los Angeles Could Source its Water Locally San Francisco Chronicle: Can hacking the planet ward off climate change? San Francisco Chronicle: Experts fault SF water agency in scare at Moccasin Reservoir Alpenhorn News: Dam project finally underway Construction Dive: […]

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Alarming Study of Garbage Patch

By Peter Fimrite Illustration by John Blanchard / The Chronicle The giant mass of floating plastic that has imperiled birds and wildlife between San Francisco and Hawaii contains 1.8 trillion pieces of trash covering an area nearly four times the size of California — significantly bigger than previously thought — and it is growing, a […]

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