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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 10, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for November 10, 2015

Sacramento Bee: Cleanup crews race against rain in fire-damaged California Los Angeles Times:  MWD considers buying 4 delta islands to solve some water problems San Diego Union Tribune: Wildfire risk to rise by six times, study says The Tribune: State is offering water rebates KCRA Sacramento: Folsom Lake near historic low depth despite rainfall Sacramento […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 9, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for November 9, 2015

Los Angeles Times: To save water, an underground movement to bank El Niño’s rainfall Sacramento Bee: Second major storm rolls in with rain for Sacramento, snow for Sierra Associated Press: LA County governments limits car washes to once a month Associated Press:Drought drives bears down to foothill town in search of food Los Angeles Times: High-tech water-saving system draws […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 5, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for November 5, 2015

Capital Public Radio News: California Drought Keeps Water Delivery Companies Busy SFGate: Farmworking communities in the Central Valley battle ongoing Chicago Tribune: Better markets to relieve California’s drought Kern Golden Empire: Solar-powered desalination could be part of solution to drought Lompoc Record: Managing growth and water Thousand Oaks Acorn: CalAm Water rep: few complaints over […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 3, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for November 3, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Season’s first storm brings hope to drought-weary California Los Angeles Times: Sierra Nevada could get up to a foot of snow as storm moves in Washington Post: El Niño could kill hundreds of homeless Californians who refuse to leave flood zones Sacramento Bee: Southern California water agencies push forward on Delta land […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 2, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for November 2, 2015

Associated Press: New California water plant desalinates seawater San Francisco Chronicle: Revelation of water hogs reignites privacy debate Associated Press: Sierra’s first winter storm forecast Sunday-Monday San Francisco Chronicle: As East Bay water use drops, snitching on the rise eco-business.com: What California’s droughts mean for the construction industry Dana Point Times: Dirt Therapy: It’s Time […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 29, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for October 29, 2015

Los Angeles Times: Chinook salmon spawning season looks like a disaster for second year in a row Associated Press:  California drought puts Chinook salmon in danger of extinction San Jose Mercury News: California’s East Sierra water once again flowing to Los Angeles  Sacramento Bee: Feds: Winter salmon run nearly extinguished in California drought San Francisco Chronicle: Drought-driven salmon […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 28, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for October 28, 2015

Los Angeles Times: Sandbags offered as high surf, tides prepare to hit Southern California Coast Sacramento Bee: California lifts restrictions on senior water rights Associated Press: High surf expected along much of California coast SFGate: Despite hype of El Niño Grande, California rainy season starts with a whimper CBS Los Angeles: Coastal Flood Advisory Remains In Effect Associated Press: LA Aqueduct […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 27, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for October 27, 2015

Associated Press: Sonoma County restores farmland into wetland with levee cut New York Times: In Drought-Ridden California, the Classic Lawn Loses Ground Pioneer Business Review: California drought conditions worsening by the day Central Valley Business Times: Sinking Central Valley prompts state workshop yourcentralvalley.com: CA drought may be the worst on record yourcentralvalley.com: Drought, underground pumping causing the Valley to sink PRI: California’s […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 23, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for October 23, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: California’s next worry: mudslides from El Niño rains Capital Public Radio News: Fish Barrier Will Help Save Sacramento River Salmon The Willits News: El Nino: Scientists now predict above average rainfall for Northern Capital Public Radio News: Sacramento Area Water Conservation Rate 27 Percent In September NBC Southern California: Los Angeles may go ‘toilet to tap’ […]

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Congressional Letter to President Obama and Governor Brown on Drought and El Nino

Congress released a letter addressed to President Barack Obama and California Governor, Edmund Brown, regarding El Nino and the need to store, capture, and move precipitation resulting from the storm event. Click here to read the full letter.

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