WETA Board Meeting Thursday, August 6, 2015 The next San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority Board of Directors meeting will be held Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at the WETA offices located at Pier 9, Suite 111 on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, CA. The meeting agenda and Board packet are available […]
Continue ReadingSan Jose Mercury News: Country club golf course plans sewer plant as newer fix for grass water woes Los Angeles Times: Why one California city can’t seem to conserve water Associated Press: California Site Will Let Residents Tattle On Water Wasters Los Angeles Times: Californians care about water now, but what about when the rains return? Los Angeles Times: Trickle-down politics: […]
Continue ReadingAN E&E PUBLISHING SERVICE WATER POLICY: GOP releases internal documents in PR blitz to kill rule Annie Snider, E&E reporter Published: Friday, July 31, 2015 Internal memos detailing the Army Corps of Engineers’ fierce criticisms of the Obama administration’s controversial water rule were publicly released yesterday afternoon by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.Committee […]
Continue ReadingNew York Times: Water Use in California Down 27% in June, Beating Goal Wall Street Journal: Drop in California Water Usage Exceeds State Mandate Los Angeles Times: Californians cut water usage by 27% in June, but officials remain wary Associated Press: California judge says she’ll likely uphold farmer water cuts Los Angeles Times: Kern County to consider cracking […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). This pertains to the next “Evaluation of the Municipal and Domestic Supply (MUN) Beneficial Use in Ag Dominated Surface Waters” stakeholder meeting – please mark your calendars for Thursday September 3, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Rancho Cordova. […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region (2). Attached here is the agenda for the August 12, 2015 Board Meeting of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region. It is aslo available on the RWQCB website at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/board_info/agenda.shtml
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California to Release June Water-Savings Report Amid Drought Associated Press: CA Big Cities Say They Are Meeting Water Savings Goal Los Angeles Times: El Niño contributing to ‘monsoon on steroids’ behind Southland’s humid weather Los Angeles Times: Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduces $1.3-billion California drought relief bill SF Gate: Dianne Feinstein’s drought package splits from GOP strategy Los Angeles […]
Continue ReadingCALIFORNIA: Feinstein, Boxer need Murkowski’s help to move drought measure Annie Snider, Debra Kahn and Anne C. Mulkern, E&E reporters Published: Thursday, July 30, 2015 The California drought measure unveiled yesterday by the state’s two Democratic senators served as their bid in a political gamble where a Republican now holds the most important cards. The […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board: Change Sheet #1 for Item 9 at the August 4, 2015 Board Meeting is now available. Please click here to access it.
Continue ReadingSenator Barbara Boxer and Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced their drought legislation, entitled California Emergency Drought Relief Act, today. A hearing on this bill and the House drought bill is being planned for September. Below are materials from Senator Feinstein’s office regarding the drought legislation: Bill Summary FLO15C29 Press Release
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