This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Notice of Adoption Meeting and Opportunity to Comment on Consideration of a Proposed Order for Waste Discharge Requirements and a Water Quality Certification for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Barren Ridge Renewable Transmission Line Project. The Adoption […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: State water board issues revised drought regulations for Californians Los Angeles Times: What you need to know about the state’s proposed water restrictions Maven’s Notebook: State, Federal Agencies and Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Agree on Framework for Water Operations in Fourth Year of Drought Stockton Record: News worsens for rare Delta fish; Smelt’s decline reflects health of […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. The Draft Emergency Regulation to implement the urban water conservation called for in the Governor’s April 1, 2015 Executive Order is now available on the State Water Board website. Two Fact sheets, the Draft Emergency Regulation and a spreadsheet that provides the residential gallons […]
Continue ReadingApril 17, 2015 ACWA News This issue of ACWA News takes a look at the highlights of ACWA’s April 9 drought briefing – “2015 Drought, Four Years and Counting: Impacts and Actions.” At the event in Sacramento, officials from all levels of government described an all-hands-on-deck approach to the crisis and implored the public to […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Gov. Brown Defends Order to Cut Water Use 25% in Face of Opposition Bay Area News Group: Brown shrugs off cities’ water complaints Sacramento Bee: Sacramento-area water agencies push back against proposed water cuts NPR: California Cities Struggle To Enforce Mandatory Water Restrictions San Francisco Chronicle: Some say they’ll get soaked by state’s big water cutbacks Bloomberg News: Despite […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Revised Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the Proposed Non-Regulatory Amendments To Administratively Update Chapter 1: “Introduction”, Chapter 5 “Plans And Policies”, And Chapter 6 “Monitoring And Assessment” By Incorporating Updated Information, Tables And Figures Of The Water Quality Control […]
Continue ReadingStates Secure ‘Primacy’ Role In House Bill To Force CWA Rule Re-Proposal Inside EPA Daily News, April 15, 2015 House lawmakers have amended a bill to force EPA to re-propose its Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule by inserting language to protect states’ “primacy” over water rights law, advancing the bill through the transportation panel after […]
Continue ReadingDepartment of Water Resources: DWR moves to install first drought barrier on West False River Sacramento Bee: California to build temporary Delta dam Associated Press: Winter rains, snowfall likely won’t end California’s drought, forecasters say NPR: How Almonds Became A Scapegoat For California’s Drought Los Angeles Times: Cities criticize California water cuts as unfair, unrealistic NPR: Redistribute California’s Water? Not Without […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for April 15, 2015 ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. ACWA-Sponsored SB 385 Clears Senate Environmental Quality Committee Unopposed Submitted by Lisa Lien-Mager on Wed, 04/15/2015 – 4:38pm ACWA-sponsored legislation aimed at aiding compliance with the state’s new chromium-6 drinking water standard on Wednesday cleared the […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region (2). Attached here is a Tentative Order to rescind historical Order No. 87-170. Comments are being accepted until May 15, 2015, by 5:00 p.m. See transmittal letter for details.
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