Category: Water

Agenda Available for CRWQCB Workshop on Basin Plan Amendments on August 18, 2016

  This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). The agenda and buff sheet for the 18/19 August Board meeting have been released and the Board Workshop on “Potential Basin Plan Amendments and TMDLs for the Control of Pyrethroid Pesticide Discharges” is scheduled for Thursday August 18. For more […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 10, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for August 10, 2016

Fresno Bee: Drought, lower prices eat away at Fresno County 2015 crop values CNN: Study: Public water supply is unsafe for millions of Americans OPB News: Drought, Climate Change Slow Growth Of Douglas Fir Forests: Study Monterey County Herald: DeepWater Desal, People’s Moss Landing Desal to offer status … National Geographic: The Blob That Cooked the Pacific News Deeply: Creative Incentives […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 9, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for August 9, 2016

Action News Now: Algae bloom in Lake Oroville not toxic Saramento Bee: California Fish and Game Commission to weigh in on spotted owl, Delta bass Davis Enterprise: Drought conditions slow growth of Douglas firs in the West PPIC: Three Lessons on Water Accounting for California August 8 2016 Water Deeply: Eleven Experts to Watch on California Water Rights Daily Californian: Alameda’s […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 8, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for August 8, 2016

Associated Press: California Officials Warn of Algae Toxin in River Water Deeply: Algae Outbreaks: Fed by Drought, Climate Change, Pollution MIT Technology Review: Can We Help the Losers in Climate Change? San Francisco Chronicle: An eye-opening flight over California’s dying forests High Country News: California plans to log its drought-killed trees YubaNet: Hoopa Valley Tribe Files ESA Lawsuit to Protect Salmon […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 5, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for August 5, 2016

Capital Public Radio News: California Agencies Warn Of Harmful Algal Blooms Across State Associated Press: Suit: California failed to study oil well impact on water Chico News & Review: Green waste rejected Central Valley Business Journal: Food manufacturers focus on saving water CBS News: Bear family takes a dip with vacationers at California’s Lake Tahoe Visalia Times-Delta: Westside and Eastside farmers […]

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ACWA eNews for August 3, 2016

ACWA eNews for Aug. 3, 2016 ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Urban Advisory Group Named to Assist with Executive Order on Conservation Submitted by Lisa Lien-Mager on Wed, 08/03/2016 – 4:23pm The Department of Water Resources has provided public notice that an urban advisory group has been named […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 4, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for August 4, 2016

Sacramento Bee: Feds to take new look at Delta, endangered fish species KRCRTV.COM: Toxic algae in Shasta Lake; new bloom found in Lake Oroville KRCRTV.COM The Record-Courier: Long-term algae impacts to Lake Tahoe murky Stockton Record: Water savings slump as rules relax Capital Public Radio: The ‘New Normal’ For Wildfires In California Evironment & Energy Publishing: WESTERN WATER: Thirsty […]

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