This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region (2). The agenda for the November 18-19, 2015 Board Meeting is now available on the California Regional Water Quality Control Board’s website at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/board_info/agenda.shtml
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: El Niño-fueled summer storms helped reduce smog in Southern California Sacramento Bee: McCarthy: Use high-speed rail funds to quench California’s drought Kurtis Alexander: Bay Area country club gulps over 2 million gallons of water a week Bloomberg: A Few California Farmers Have Lots of Water. Can They Keep It? Capital Public Radio: Rain Brings Some ‘Drought Relief’ […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for Nov. 4, 2015 ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. PBS NewsHour Explores Water Storage, Features ACWA’s Timothy Quinn Submitted by Pamela Martineau on Wed, 11/04/2015 – 9:45am PBS NewsHour on Nov. 3 ran a story on water storage in California which featured ACWA Executive Director Timothy […]
Continue ReadingCapital 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 […]
Continue ReadingWATER POLICY: Senate approves resolution to scuttle hot-button Obama rule Annie Snider, E&E reporter Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 The Senate this afternoon passed a resolution to kill the Obama administration’s controversial water rule under the Congressional Review Act — opponents’ second attack on the rule after their lead measure was blocked by Democrats yesterday. […]
Continue ReadingSenate Democrats block bill to overturn EPA water rule By Kevin Rogers A bill from Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., that would overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to clarify the scope of Clean Water Act won’t move forward in the Senate, after Democrats blocked cloture on the measure. Barrasso’s bill would have sent the Clean […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Heavy snows in Sierra Nevada raise hopes of relief from drought Associated Press: State, federal agencies focus on cold-water habitat for fish Los Angeles Times: Planned purification plant would eliminate need for imported water PBS NewsHour: Why dams are at the heart of California’s water wars 10News: Storm dumps snow on Calif. PBS NewsHour: To build or not […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. A Notice of Opportunity to Comment and Notice of Public Meeting and Consideration of Adoption regarding Strategy to Optimize Resource Management of Storm Water were released. Please, click here to view the Notices. The Public Meeting is scheduled for December 15, 2015. Comment deadline is […]
Continue ReadingSan 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 […]
Continue ReadingLast week CASA submitted a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources outlining key components that should be part of any federal drought response legislation. Several different proposals are currently making their way through Congress, and CASA has worked with Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Barbara Boxer, and Members of the California House Delegation […]
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