Tag: policy

  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 19, 2018
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Water News for June 19, 2018

Sacramento Bee: Triple-digit weather is on the way – here’s when we’ll feel the heat in Sacramento Associated Press: Warned 30 years ago, global warming ‘is in our living room’ Water Deeply: New Tool Will Help Save Water by Measuring Plant Health from Space Capital Public Radio: ‘Water Tax’ Debate Continues after California Budget Passage […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 18, 2018
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Water News for June 18, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: Coastal homes may be flooded out by 2045 Maven’s Notebook: Reclamation increases 2018 Central Valley Project water allocation for South-of-Delta ag contractors to 50% Red Green and Blue: Delta Tunnels: Congress wants to ban lawsuits on the tunnels. Should Orange County support that? E&E News: Senators insist on judicial review of water […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 15, 2018
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Water News for June 15, 2018

New York Times: EPA chief plans to roll back water and tailpipe rules Water Education Foundation: As Colorado River Levels Drop, Pressure Grows on Arizona To Complete a Plan for Water Shortages IWA: What will be the leading-edge water solutions of the 21st century? Service Press Enterprise: Fire officials to Southern California: Get ready for daily and ‘difficult’ wildfire […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 14, 2018
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Water News for June 14, 2018

Water Deeply: Toxic Trap: Groundwater Over-Pumping Boosts Arsenic in California Aquifer New York Times: Antarctica Is Melting Three Times as Fast as a Decade Ago Los Angeles Times: Editorial: California, the world’s fifth-largest economy, has a Third World drinking water problem The Press: Controversial California WaterFix bill on the table KDRV: California Water Authorities Consider […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 13, 2018
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Water News for June 13, 2018

Water Deeply: Three Ways to Protect Your Interests as a Groundwater User in California Phys.org: South Napa earthquake linked to summer groundwater dip Associated Press: Folsom, Shasta among dams at-risk of ‘insider threats’ UC Irvine: To forecast winter rainfall in the Southwest, look to New Zealand in the summer Maven’s Notebook: California Water Fix Administrative […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 12, 2018
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Water News for June 12, 2018

Wired: LA Is Doing Water Better Than Your City. Yes, That LA High Country News: How the Yurok Tribe is reclaiming the Klamath River Water Deeply: Clean Streams Key to Aiding Recovery of Endangered Frogs in California San Diego Union-Tribune: California is on fire again. Here are the 2018 fires happening right now Appeal Democrat: […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 11, 2018
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Water News for June 11, 2018

Water Deeply: Dozens of Water Systems Consolidate in California’s Farming Heartland MBG Planet: Water Is Not a Renewable Resource: An Inside Look into The Water Crises of Today California Water Blog:: SGMA struggles to overcome marginalization of disadvantaged communities Los Angeles Times: Political maneuvers preceded Metropolitan Water District’s delta tunnel vote Visalia Times-Delta: Cancer-causing contaminant found […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 8, 2018
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Water News for June 8, 2018

Los Angeles Times: Texts reveal political maneuvering ahead of MWD’s delta tunnels vote San Diego Union-Tribune: Can you believe California has same-day laundry and shower limits? No, you can’t. Maven’s Notebook: Metropolitan Water District to vote again on whether to authorize increased funding of WaterFix Sacramento Bee: Why Southern California is calling for a do-over […]

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WRDA bill sails through House

WATER POLICY WRDA bill sails through House Ariel Wittenberg, E&E News reporter Published: Thursday, June 7, 2018 A water infrastructure bill easily secured approval on the House floor last night, gaining a 408-2 vote and overcoming a last-minute Democratic motion to recommit. Other amendments to the Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA, had sailed through […]

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