The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a draft Aquatic Life Ambient Estuarine/Marine Water Quality Criteria for Copper on July 29, 2016, for a 60-day public comment period. In short, the updated criteria aims to adopt new copper standards to protect aquatic life, particularly in and around coastal harbors and marinas, by using the Biotic Ligand Model […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onOctober 5, 2016
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Associated Press: Without Mandatory Cuts, California Water Conservation Falters ABC10.com: Toxic algae closes San Francisco Bay Area swim lakes San Francisco Chronicle: Logging California’s dead trees is harmful to the forests Napa Valley Register: Napa fish montoring shows mixed results for salmon, trout Daily Californian: 5th year of drought declared in California Capital Public Radio News: Meadow Restoration Aims To Improve […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onOctober 4, 2016
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Central Valley Pyrethroids TMDL & Basin Plan Amendment A stakeholder meeting is scheduled for Wednesday October 5, 2016 (tomorrow). Please see information below to attend the meeting in person or by webinar. We will make an agenda for the meeting tomorrow morning after getting an idea of how many folks have slides to present. If […]
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San Francisco Chronicle: Another dry year on California’s books as ‘drought continues’ San Francisco Examiner: CA water year ends with 60% of state still in extreme drought California Water Blog: Drought Prospects in California for the New 2017 Water Year – October 1, 2016 News Deeply: Legislative Update: Six New California Laws Impacting Water Bakersfield Now: California stays parched as […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onOctober 3, 2016
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Click here to view the Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the Central Coastal Basin Plan Amendment
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- by BPC Staff
- onOctober 3, 2016
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October 3, 2016 Legislative Session Ends, Governor Decides on Bills Friday, September 30 was the final deadline for the governor to sign or veto all bills passed to him by the legislature in the 2015-16 session. Hundreds of bills were considered in the final weeks, including several bills CASA was actively working on this year. […]
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- onOctober 3, 2016
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EcoWatch: California Drought Enters Its 6th Year Sacramento Bee: Will California see a wet winter? Forecasters call it a ‘crapshoot’ Matt Weiser, Water Deeply: Water Recycling Spikes Demand for State Loans The Mercury News: Why October is California’s most dangerous month for wildfires Yale Climate Connections: Farmers Adapt to ‘Too Much, Not Enough’ Water Calaveras Enterprise : California ends its fifth consecutive […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onSeptember 30, 2016
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Fresno Bee: ‘Drill, baby, drill’ is not the answer to California’s water woes Sacramento Bee: California Forecasters in ‘Crapshoot’ Predicting Winter Weather Central Valley Business Times: California’s “water year” closing on dry note AgNet West: California Saw Snow Drought in 2016 Western Farm Press: Forecasters mixed on West’s winter weather News Deeply: Why California Is Challenged by Its Mind-set of Plenty […]
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- by BPC Staff
- onSeptember 29, 2016
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Sacramento Bee: Will California see a wet winter? Forecasters call it a ‘crapshoot’ Associated Press: California heat wave intensifies wildfire Forbes: In The Midst Of Drought, California Farmers Used More Water For … News Deeply: Energy Storage Is Saving Water Utilities Money and Easing Grid … Western Farm Press: NRCS Meeting on California Conservation Priorities, Oct. 13, Davis Foothills Sun […]
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The California Regional Water Quality Control Board will be holding a meeting on October 12, 2016. Please click on the link below to view the agenda. http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/board_info/agenda.shtml
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