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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 6, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for May 6, 2015

San Jose Mercury News: California drought: State water board passes first mandatory urban water limits in state history San Jose Mercury News: State begins Delta salinity barrier to protect water supplies in drought Fresno Bee: Gov. Brown must reduce water to fisheries, environment, Fresno County supervisors say Fresno Bee: State agriculture board listens to public concerns about drought Sacramento […]

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Revised Resolution – Item 7 (Desalination Amendments) – May 6, 2015 SWRCB Board Meeting

This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is the Revised Resolution and the May 5, 2015 version of the Desalination Amendment associated with Item 7 (Desalination Amendment) at the May 6, 2015 Board Meeting.  This May 5th, 2015 version of the Desalination Amendment has no new changes as of […]

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Governor Brown to Speak at ACWA Conference Tomorrow in Sacramento

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Governor’s Press Office Tuesday, May 5, 2015 (916) 445-4571 Governor Brown to Speak at ACWA Conference Tomorrow in Sacramento   SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will give remarks tomorrow in Sacramento at the Association of California Water Agencies’ (ACWA) 2015 Spring Conference and Exhibition, which will convene local water […]

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Pyrethroids TMDL & BPA – May 5 Stakeholder Meeting Presentation

This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). Central Valley Pyrethroid Pesticides TMDL and Basin Plan Amendment –  Pyrethroids TMDL & BPA – May 5 Stakeholder Meeting Presentation   After the meeting, the presentation will also be posted on the project website here.

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 5, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for May 5, 2015

Los Angeles Times: Amid drought, state is poised to adopt emergency water regulations Wall Street Journal: Nowhere Is Safe From California Drought—Not Even Beverly Hills San Francisco Chronicle: How to waste less of California’s precious water Fox KTVU: Delta construction project combats drought impacts San Jose Mercury News: California drought: Plans to make State Water Project flow backward shelved for this year […]

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Federal Navigation Channels Maintenance Dredging Final EA/EIR

This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region (2). The Final Environmental Assessment/Environmental Impact Report (EA/EIR) for the Maintenance Dredging of the Federal Navigation Channels in San Francisco Bay, Fiscal Years 2015-2024 and Response to Comments is available online here. The United States Army Corps of Engineers […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 4, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for May 4, 2015

NPR: A Landscape Of Abundance Becomes A Landscape Of Scarcity New York Times: The End of California? Bloomberg: California’s Doomsday Water Cycle Sacramento Bee: Drought-hammered state curtails junior water rights in Delta, Sacramento River San Diego Union-Tribune: A drought like no other Los Angeles Times: Central Valley’s growing concern: Crops raised with oil field water Los Angeles Times: Amid drought, the West […]

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Notice of WETA Board of Directors Meeting – May 7, 2015

WETA Board Meeting Thursday, May 7, 2015  The next San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority Board of Directors meeting will be held Thursday, May 7, 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 […]

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