San Jose Mercury News: California drought: State water board passes first mandatory urban water limits in state history San Jose Mercury News: State begins Delta salinity barrier to protect water supplies in drought Fresno Bee: Gov. Brown must reduce water to fisheries, environment, Fresno County supervisors say Fresno Bee: State agriculture board listens to public concerns about drought Sacramento […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Amid drought, state is poised to adopt emergency water regulations Wall Street Journal: Nowhere Is Safe From California Drought—Not Even Beverly Hills San Francisco Chronicle: How to waste less of California’s precious water Fox KTVU: Delta construction project combats drought impacts San Jose Mercury News: California drought: Plans to make State Water Project flow backward shelved for this year […]
Continue ReadingNPR: A Landscape Of Abundance Becomes A Landscape Of Scarcity New York Times: The End of California? Bloomberg: California’s Doomsday Water Cycle Sacramento Bee: Drought-hammered state curtails junior water rights in Delta, Sacramento River San Diego Union-Tribune: A drought like no other Los Angeles Times: Central Valley’s growing concern: Crops raised with oil field water Los Angeles Times: Amid drought, the West […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board is holding a Public Workshop on Drought Activities in the Bay-Delta on Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Please, click here to view the Notice.
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Jerry Brown’s revised water tunnels plan adds political problems LA Times: Giant tunnels planned for delta ‘must move forward,’ Brown says San Jose Mercury: New $17 billion Delta tunnels plan with less environmental restoration unveiled by Brown Associated Press: California cuts wetland, wildlife restoration in water plan The Reporter: Solano County representatives oppose Governor’s latest water plan Sacramento […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Jerry Brown to revise plan for twin water tunnels in Delta Los Angeles Times: Gov. Jerry Brown set to unveil scaled-back delta conservation plan Associated Press: California cuts wetland, wildlife restoration in water plan Central Valley Business Times: Delta conservation slashed by governor The Desert Sun: Report: California needs more farm water data Los Angeles Times: $10,000 fines a […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board: The Proposed Emergency Regulation to implement the urban water conservation called for in the Governor’s April 1, 2015 Executive Order is now available on the State Water Board website. A detailed Fact Sheet, the Proposed Emergency Regulation text, and a spreadsheet with the Proposed […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Gov. Jerry Brown seeks fines of up to $10,000 a day for water wasters Sacramento Bee: Jerry Brown urges fines of up to $10,000 for water waste in California drought San Francisco Chronicle: Drought: Water wasters face $10,000 fine under Brown’s proposal Yahoo News: Amid drought, California’s Brown wants big fines for wasting water Los Angeles […]
Continue ReadingCBS Sacramento: Farmers Press Lawmakers For More Water Storage Projects Sacramento Bee: Assembly panel kills Republican bill to speed dam construction Capital Public Radio: California Lawmakers Reject Attempt To Speed Up Water Storage Projects Sacramento Bee: See proposed water use cuts for every community in California Western Farm Press: California streamlines south-of-Delta water transfers Visalia Times-Delta: Water rights place neighbors at […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Import our water from wetter climes? It’s a pipe dream Sacramento Bee: Critics take aim at Nestlé bottled water plant in Sacramento Grist: Everything I thought I knew about water in California is wrong Sacramento Bee: California water use numbers should flow freely Central Valley Business Times: It’s all ears when water commissioners speak New York Times: Drought […]
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