The Sacramento Bee: Time running out for California water bill San Francisco Chronicle: California drought: Water witches in demand as wells run dry Associated Press: Drought leaves California homes without water NBC News: California drought impacting state’s grape and wine industries The Modesto Bee: Dan Walters: Drought leads California to rethink water management The Sacramento Bee: Sensible tiered water rates needed […]
Continue ReadingA Special Teleconference Meeting of the State Lands Commission has been scheduled for September 2, 2014 at 10:30 AM. Click on the following link for more details: http://www.slc.ca.gov/Meeting_Summaries/09-02-14/Agenda.htm
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Western drought causes Earth’s surface to rise as groundwater drops Los Angeles Times: California drought continues to take heavy toll on reservoirs National Geographic: GPS is Tracking West’s Vanishing Water, Scientists Surprised to Learn NBC Bay Area: San Ramon Homeowner’s Water Conservation Efforts Nets Fines Capital Press: Calif. farm groups fret over groundwater bills San Jose Mercury […]
Continue ReadingContra Costa Times: Drought debate: homeowner fined for replacing grass with drought-tolerant plants
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Rights to California surface water far greater than average runoff Los Angeles Times: Gov. Brown says drought concerns helped build support for water bond Sacramento Bee: California allocates vastly more water than supplies allow, study shows The Associated Press: Tribes rally to demand water for Klamath salmon Fresno Bee: California allocates more water than available for use, […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: ‘Severe’ drought covers nearly 99.8% of California, report says Los Angeles Times: L.A. dramatically increases ‘water cops’ staffing as drought worsens Forbes: Fountains Of Solutions: Western Water And California Drought (Part 1) Fresno Bee: Talk of an El Niño year cools, but don’t despair yet about winter CBS Los Angeles: More Southern Californians Giving Up Water-Guzzling Lawns […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Water agencies: Delta farmers may be taking water meant for other regions Washington Post: West’s historic drought stokes fears of water crisis Los Angles Times: Alarming images emerge from California drought Associated Press: California Water Bond Won’t Be a Drought-Buster Los Angeles Times: The cup’s half full without groundwater regulation San Francisco Chronicle: Worsening California drought starting to limit […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Viewpoints: Farmers want reasonable groundwater regulation, too Scientific American: How Dust Could Solve California’s Drought Stockton Record: Officials: Support of water plan right move Langley Times: Desalination plants may be needed for California to get enough water Sonoma County Gazette: California State Water Bond could benefit Sonoma County
Continue ReadingACWA Regulatory Advisory — Aug. 14, 2014 Legislature Passes and Governor Signs Historic $7.5 Billion Water BondSACRAMENTO – Wednesday night, the Legislature passed and Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a $7.545 billion water bond to be placed on the November ballot that will remove an $11.14 billion bond currently slated for the ballot.The new bond […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Water Bond headed to voters Associated Press: Californians to vote on $7.5 billion water plan Los Angeles Times: California to vote on scaled-down $7.5-billion water bond in November Capital Public Radio: Cost Of California Farming Grows The Produce News: Growers shift production areas in search of water inCalifornia drought Bloomberg News: California drought transforms markets as growers see dry future KTLA: Be Waterwise Wednesdays With […]
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