Category: Water

Water Boards Notice for Providing Safe Drinking Water through Consolidation of Water Systems

   This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board Click here to view a Notice of Workshop and Opportunity for Public Comment on Joint Public Workshop with California Public Utilities Commission and State Water Resources Control Board on Providing Safe Drinking Water through Consolidation of Water Systems. Workshop is scheduled for August 17, […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 1, 2017
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California Water News for August 1, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Drone video shows repairs progressing at Oroville Dam Santa Rosa Press Democrat:  State agency orders studies of spillway safety at 93 dams around … Western Journalism: State Responds To Report That Claims California Dam Could Be Failing News Deeply: California May See More Rainfall Over the Next Century CBS San Francisco Bay Area: Droughts Leave California Fishermen […]

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Trump rolled back this environmental rule. California may replace it with a stronger one

Trump rolled back this environmental rule. California may replace it with a stronger one BY RYAN SABALOW AND DALE KASLER rsabalow@sacbee.com JULY 28, 2017 1:45 PM President Donald Trump’s administration gave California land developers and farmers a reason to cheer when the White House last month rolled back controversial regulations for wetlands imposed during the […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 31, 2017
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California Water News for July 31, 2017

Chico Enterprise-Record: Boaters welcome Lime Saddle parking expansion Sierra Sun Times: San Joaquin River Flows Move to Restoration Flows to Help Restore a Self-Sustaining Chinook Salmon Population Western Journalism: State Downplays Report That Claims California Dam Could Be Failing Ventura County Star: After Oroville crisis, California orders closer look at 93 dams SFist:  Green Spots On Oroville Dam May Indicate Dangerous Seepage … […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 28, 2017
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California Water News for July 28, 2017

Sacramento Bee: California orders closer look at these 93 dams after Oroville crisis San Francisco Chronicle: State orders 93 dam spillways checked after Oroville near-disaster Los Angeles Times: A new gold rush is on, sparked by California’s post-drought snowmelt Oroville Mercury Register: Steve Carson’s Outdoors: Lake Oroville settles in to summer fishing … The Mercury News: Oroville Dam: Spillway reconstruction still on schedule […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 27, 2017
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California Water News for July 27, 2017

Sacramento Bee: Oroville, other flood-safety projects would be fast-tracked under new bill CBS Los Angeles: Parents Issue Warning After Son’s Swim In Pyramid Lake San Francisco Chronicle: Oroville Dam flaws don’t bode well for tunnels, train projects Chico Enterprise-Record: Editorial: Twin tunnel plan ignores delta reality San Francisco Chronicle: How California can and must stop wasting its storm water Sacramento […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 26, 2017
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California Water News for July 26, 2017

News Deeply: An Unconventional New Captain for California’s Water Agency Paradise Post: Butte supervisors, Paradise support letter delaying Oroville Dam relicensing Oroville Mercury Register: Speculation about Oroville Dam’s ‘green spot’ grows Fresno Bee: Bureaucratic bungling on Oroville Dam bodes ill for future California … Pasadena Now: City Committee Agrees Pasadena Should Dive Into Massive WaterFix Project as Demand for Water […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 25, 2017
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California Water News for July 25, 2017

Los Angeles Times: Severe, chronic flooding will devastate California coast as sea levels rise in California Central Valley Business Times: Governor names another PR person for DWR Oroville Mercury Register: Agricultural buffer exception, waiving fire fees before Board of … Yahoo Singapore News: Gold Rush! Oroville Spillway Emergency Creates Bonanza of Gold Chico Enterprise-Record: Old transmission towers being flown out […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 21, 2017
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California Water News for July 21, 2017

Sacramento Bee: The drought is over. Why are Republicans in Congress fighting for more water for farmers? SFGate: Engineering expert blasts management failures at Oroville Dam Oroville Mercury Register: After 10 years of delays on dam relicensing, these groups want more time Live Science: Gold Rush! Oroville Spillway Emergency Creates Bonanza of Gold Fontana Herald-News: UPDATE: Water rates for Fontana […]

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