This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is the agenda for the September 1, 2015 SWRCB Board Meeting. The agenda is also posted on the Water Board website and can also be accessed at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/board_info/calendar/#sep15
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Notice of Public Hearing to determine whether to issue a Cease and Desist Order against Mark Hodgetts – Hayfork Creek Tributary to South Fork Trinity River, Trinity County. The Public Hearing is scheduled for October 5th and 6th (if necessary), […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California: Pumping of Water Speeds Sinking of Land San Francisco Chronicle: Central Valley sinking fast because of groundwater pumping Los Angeles Times: Another 2 or 3 years of drought? Report looks at what it might mean Los Angeles Times: Another toll of the drought: Land is sinking fast in San Joaquin Valley, study shows Los Angeles Times: California […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for August 19, 2015 ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Click here to view the ACWA eNews for August 19, 2015.
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Notice of Public Hearing to determine whether to impose Administrative Civil Liability against Byron-Bethany Irrigation District Intake Channel to the Banks Pumping Plant (formerly Italian Slough) in Contra Costa County. The Pre-Hearing Conference is scheduled for September 25, 2015 The […]
Continue ReadingFOLLOW US: What If California’s Drought Continues? EVENT DETAILS Friday, August 21, 2015 12:05 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. PDT » REGISTER TO WATCH ONLINE For full program information and to attend in person, visit http://www.ppic.org/main/event.asp?i=1820. ABOUT THE PROGRAM Four years into an especially hot drought, California faces major challenges in managing […]
Continue ReadingACWA State Legislative Alert Aug. 19, 2015 Proposal for New Statewide Tax on Water Bills Could Emerge in Final Weeks of Session Letters, Calls Will Be Needed to Oppose Last-Minute Legislation on Public Goods Charge As the Legislature returns from recess for the final weeks of the session, there are signs that a proposed […]
Continue ReadingNew York Times: Losing Water, California Tries to Stay Atop Economic Wave Associated Press: Drought fallowing half-million acres in California in 2015 Sacramento Bee: California drought impact pegged at $2.7 billion Merced Sun-Star: Fish and Wildlife shuts part of Merced River to fishing KCBX: State lists several Central Coast groundwater basins as ‘Critically Overdrafted’ Los Angeles Times: Greater tsunami risk from […]
Continue ReadingThe Bay Planning Coalition is a signatory to two comment letters written to the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board in regards to the 2015 Basin Plan Triennial Review. Please see the two letters attached below. 2015 Basin Plan Triennial Review 2015 Comment Letter — Program 5.2 Climate Change/Water Resources SF Regional Board Triennial Review 2015 […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is the revised agenda for the August 18-19, 2015 SWRCB Board Meeting. Supporting Materials: Change Sheet #1 Response to Comments for Item 4
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