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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 12, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for August 12, 2015

Associated Press: Toxic algae blooming in warm water from California to Alaska Washington Post: Plastic ‘shade balls’: The hypnotizing tool California is using to save water Reuters: Los Angeles dumps 20K ‘shade balls’ into reservoir to stop evaporation LA Daily News: California’s five stages of drought grief Appeal-Democrat: Receding California lakes reveal pieces of past Los Angeles Times: Heat wave arriving as […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 11, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for August 11, 2015

Los Angeles Times: Water and Power: What can stop El Niño? Student Society of Science: New El Niño coming on strong Curbed LA: Meet the Two Weather Phenomena Battling This Winter For the Future of the California Drought NPR: ‘The Water Knife’ Previews A Future Drought Scenario Canada Free Press: California’s Water Crisis  CityLab: How Can Cities Get Renters to Use Less […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 10, 2015
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California Water and Drought News for August 10, 2015

Los Angeles Times: Innovation is blooming at water-wise urban farms Los Angeles Times: Frank Gehry agreed to make over the L.A. River — with one big condition Chico Enterprise Record: Lake Oroville keeps dropping, only one ramp open Associated Press: River that runs through major Northern Calif. city goes dry Los Angeles Times: Essential California: The new Orange County emerges […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 7, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for August 7, 2015

Wall Street Journal: California Drought Dries Up More Than the Crops Associated Press: Endangered fish caught in water fight Los Angeles Times: You’ve been watering your trees all wrong: A drought expert San Francisco Chronicle: How a dam’s destruction is changing environmental landscape Los Angeles Times: Treasures revealed as California drought drains lakes Sacramento Bee: Brown’s climate message: ‘California’s burning: What […]

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Notice of Opportunity to Comment – San Diego Water Board Nitrate/OWTS Basin Plan Amendment

This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the proposed approval of Region 9  amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Diego Basin that would change the nitrate water quality objective for groundwaters, incorporate the Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems […]

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State Water Resources Control Board Chair Felicia Marcus to Speak at ACWA 2015 CLE Workshop

ACWA 2015 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Workshop ACWA CLE 2015 September 10-11, 2015 Waterfront Hotel Located near Jack London Square in Oakland, CA – Felicia Marcus, Chair, State Water Resources Control Board, is confirmed to speak on the Thursday morning program “State Board 101”. The workshop will also include programs on topics such as: *   […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 6, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for August 6, 2015

New York Times: California Fire, Aided by Drought, Defies Tactics to Defeat It Associated Press: Toxic algae blooming in warm water from California to Alaska AccuWeather.com: California Ahead of Hefty Water Cutback Requirement Despite Record Heat in June Modesto Bee: Another milestone achieved for north Valley recycled water project ABC News10: Cut your energy bill by planting trees High Country News: California […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 5, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for August 5, 2015

Associated Press: Tiny fish at center of huge California water war Associated Press: Judge Rejects California Farmers’ Challenge To Water Cuts Associated Press: Amid California drought, fears rise of trees dying, falling San Francisco Chronicle: Judge OKs state water crackdown on farmers NBC Bay Area: Tree Collapses Likely Not Drought-Related, Experts Say Sacramento Bee: Judge backs California drought regulators Vocativ: How To […]

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