The May 3 issue of ACWA News is now available online, with stories on what water agencies are planning for Water Awareness Month, continuing talks about the future of the state’s drinking water program, and Save Our Water’s new “Sprinklers 101” website. Other highlights this issue: * Assembly Committee Looks at Water […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for May 1, 2013 ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Save Our Water Launches “Sprinklers 101” Website ACWA’s Save Our Water program has launched a new “Sprinklers 101” web-based resource to provide information and online tools about water-efficient residential irrigation. Timed to coincide with May’s Water Awareness […]
Continue ReadingACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Imperial Irrigation District Board Approves Water Apportionment Plan Imperial Valley farmers will get the same amount of water per acre under a new plan adopted Tuesday. By a 3-2 vote, the Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors approved the annual “water apportionment” […]
Continue ReadingThe April 19 issue of ACWA News is now available online, with stories on the keynote speakers and programs scheduled for next month’s ACWA Spring Conference & Exhibition, case studies on chromium 6 removal from drinking water, and an update on the Save Our Water education program. Other highlights this issue: ACWA Outlines Priorities for […]
Continue ReadingACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Reclamation Moves to Improve Water Supplies for CVP Contractors The Bureau of Reclamation, working closely with the California Department of Water Resources announced this week that it is taking steps to improve water supply conditions south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta particularly for […]
Continue ReadingACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Obama Releases 2014 Budget; Proposal Includes Bay-Delta Restoration Funding President Obama sent his 2014 budget plan to Congress on Wednesday. The $3.8 trillion proposal would increase funding for the departments of Interior and Energy and reduce budgets for the Army Corps of Engineers […]
Continue ReadingThe April 5 issue of ACWA News is now available online, with stories on further reductions to 2013 water allocation estimates and ACWA Board discussion on Water Bond modifications and policy principles for headwaters. Other highlights this issue: Steinberg, State Water Officials Headline ACWA 2023 Spring Conference & Exhibition Brown Administration Continues to Roll Out […]
Continue ReadingACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Steinberg to Keynote ACWA Conference Opening Breakfast Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) will kick off ACWA’s 2013 Spring Conference & Exhibition with a keynote address at the opening breakfast May 8 in Sacramento. Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is set to […]
Continue ReadingACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. State Officials Air Draft Chapters of BDCP in Public Meeting Officials with the California Natural Resources Agency aired the first four chapters of an administrative draft of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) at a public meeting March 20 and reminded attendees that […]
Continue ReadingHighlights in this issue: Continued Dry Conditions Put California Water Agencies on Guard Q&A with Outgoing State Water Board Chair Charlie Hoppin Sequester Drama Provides Backdrop for 2013 DC Conference Water a Key Topic in 2013-’14 Legislative Session Climate Change and Water Management Intersect at Symposium The complete issue is available here.
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