The Sacramento Bee: Water Question: How is the drought affecting hydroelectric production? Sierra Sun Times: California Drought Plan Omits Allocations for Farm Water Wall Street Journal: Attention Shoppers- Fruit and Vegetable Prices are Rising LA Times: California to set chromium limit for drinking water supplies The Sacramento Bee: Field Poll: Drought Responses Split California The Sacramento […]
Continue ReadingCalifornia Water Blog: UC Drought Summit, April 25: Managing Water Scarcity in California My MotherLode.com: Feinstein Scales Back Water Bill The Fresno Bee: California Must Address Groundwater Pumping
Continue ReadingFrom E&E Daily WATER: Dems introduce bill to expand Calif. reservoir; Feinstein stumps for wider drought bill (Friday, April 11, 2014) Debra Kahn, E&E reporter Amid California’s continuing drought, House Democrats introduced a bill yesterday to expand a reservoir in the San Francisco Bay Area to supply the region with water from the […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: California water plan unveils hardships to come as drought persists KTVU: Water deliveries remain at 0 pending further study Capitol Weekly: Farms feel drought’s wrath CBS Bay Area: New desalinization method from Livermore lab could help California through drought
Continue ReadingCalifornia water plan unveils hardships to come as drought persists By Matt Weiser As California’s drought stretches toward the hot summer months, state and federal officials are planning extraordinary measures to protectdrinking water supplies and endangeredSacramento River salmon, according to a plan unveiled Wednesday. Read the full article here
Continue ReadingDWR Announces Release of Draft 2014 IRWM Grant Program Guidelines for the 2014 Drought Grant Solicitation Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced the release of the Draft 2014 Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Grant Program Guidelines and Proposal Solicitation Package (PSP) for the expedited 2014 Drought Grant Solicitation funded by Proposition 84. This funding is […]
Continue ReadingAn E&E Publishing Service WATER: Feinstein broadens drought bill to attract GOP support (Thursday, April 3, 2014) Debra Kahn, E&E reporter Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has reintroduced a bill to deal with California’s historic drought with a broader focus and a new, bipartisan lineup of co-sponsors. The bill, introduced Tuesday, drops “California” from the title […]
Continue ReadingThe California Drought Update is compiled by the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) to keep media and other audiences current on drought conditions, impacts, news and other developments. Please visit ACWA’s website for additional information and resources. Sierra Snowpack Still Below Normal Despite Recent Rains Despite a recent band of storms, California’s snowpack remains […]
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