This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). Attached here is the Notice of Public Workshop concerning amendments to the water quality control plans for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins and the Tulare Lake Basin to establish a region-wide process for evaluating the Municipal and […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Central Valley, Delta water rights under scrutiny Associated Press: Some California Farmers to Go Without Federal Water The Wall Street Journal: California Farmers Face Another Year Without Federal Water San Jose Mercury News: California drought: Water shortages a near certainty for this summer as feds announce low deliveries The Appeal-Democrat: Congress to consider Sites Reservoir Daily Democrat: Garamendi, LaMalfa […]
Continue ReadingACWA Regulatory Advisory: OEHHA Updates Public Health Goal for Perchlorate in Drinking Water Submitted by Emily Allshouse The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) today published an updated public health goal (PHG) for perchlorate in drinking water of 1 part per billion (ppb), citing new research related to the health impacts of perchlorate on […]
Continue ReadingNews Release: Mokelumne River Salmon Defy the Drought by Kim Hamilton Oakland, CA … Despite extreme drought conditions, 12,118 Chinook salmon returned to the Mokelumne River last fall to spawn, becoming the river’s fifth-largest run in 74 years, East Bay Municipal Utility District announced this week. This is the fourth consecutive year the number of Chinook […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Revised Notice of Public Meeting on the Proposed Clean Water Action Section 303(d) List of Water Quality Limited Segments Portion of the 2012 California Integrated Report. The Public Meeting has been rescheduled for March 17, 2015
Continue ReadingWETA Board Meeting Thursday, March 5, 2015 The next San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority Board of Directors meeting will be held Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. at the WETA offices located at Pier 9, Suite 111 on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, CA. This meeting will be preceded by a Board […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a revised agenda for the March 3-4, 2015 Board Meeting. – Item 6 was pulled. – Item 10 was removed.
Continue ReadingHuffington Post: Alarming Consequences Of The California Drought You May Not Have Expected Daily Democrat: California has entered fourth year of drought, water experts say GOOD Magazine: How Much Water Could California Save? Associated Press: Central California farmers anticipate no federal water Los Angeles Times: Hundreds of illicit oil wastewater pits found in Kern County San Francisco Chronicle: Storm heading into […]
Continue ReadingNational Water Resources Association February 26, 2015 MEMO To: NWRA Federal Affairs Committee From: Ian Lyle, NWRA Director of Federal Affairs RE: Forest Service Ground Water Proposal Federal Affairs Committee Members,At a Senate Energy Committee hearing earlier today Forest Service Chief Tidwell indicated that the Forest Service would be putting […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Field Poll: More Californians want mandatory water rationing San Jose Mercury News: Poll: Drought worries us, but mandatory water rules disliked Reuters: Nearly all California voters think water shortage is serious: poll Fresno Bee: State officials send warnings on eve of Fresno’s big water vote KCRA Sacramento: Could capturing storm run-off help with California’s drought? News10 Sacramento: State agencies […]
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