Register now for ACWA’s 2015 Spring Conference & Exhibition! This event is set to take place May 5-8, 2015 at the Sacramento Convention Center and surrounding hotels. The theme is, “Mission: Possible – Taking Charge of Change”. With over 90 meetings and program sessions throughout the week, attendees will be informed and updated on a variety […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the proposed approval of an amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins for the control of Diazinon and chlorpyrifos discharges. Comment Deadline is April 23, […]
Continue ReadingMarch 20, 2015 ACWA News This issue outlines the State Water Resources Control Board’s new outdoor watering restrictions adopted on March 17 for urban water districts. The restrictions are intended to push residents to conserve even more water as the state lurches toward a fourth year of drought. In another article, results from a new […]
Continue ReadingAttached here is the agenda for the DMMO meeting on March 25, 2015. Please review the DMMO web page at http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/DredgingWorkPermits.aspx for changes to this agenda.
Continue ReadingAttached here is the Agenda for March 27, 2015 LTMS Management Committee Meeting. The LTMS Management Committee will hold a meeting with stakeholders and interested parties from 10:30 am – noon this Friday, March 27, at the EPA office in San Francisco at 75 Hawthorne Street
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Notice of Public Meeting on the Proposed Final Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California Addressing Desalination Facility Intakes, Brine Discharges and the Incorporation of other Non-Substantive Changes and Proposed Final Staff Report Including the […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Brown and Legislative Leaders Announce $1 Billion Emergency Drought Package Submitted by ACWA, Emily Allshouse on Thu, 03/19/2015 – 1:54pm in Water News Citing the devastating effects of the drought on local communities, Gov. Jerry Brown with Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), Republican Leaders […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for March 18, 2015 ACWA eNews ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Top Level Officials Confirmed for 2015 Drought Briefing Submitted by Pamela Martineau on Wed, 03/18/2015 – 4:11pm Top level officials from the Brown Administration and various state, federal and local water agencies are confirmed […]
Continue ReadingMarch 18, 2015 ACWA to Release Policy Framework Designed to Improve Resiliency and Management of Headwaters March 19 Release Coordinated with Similar Headwaters Efforts After more than two years of work by ACWA members and key stakeholders throughout the state, ACWA will release a new policy framework on March 19 that makes specific recommendations […]
Continue ReadingMaking Hay: The Future of U.S. Competitiveness in the Age of Globalization Silicon Valley, Ca. (3/18/2015) – TradePort.org and the Monterey Bay International Trade Association (MBITA) are presenting a special luncheon and seminar to be held in Silicon Valley on April 30th featuring world renowned global trade and supply chain expert, Dan Gardner of Trade Facilitators, Inc. (TFI). […]
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