Los Angeles Times: In virtual mega-drought, California avoids defeat Los Angeles Times: Subsurface water intakes feasible for desalination plant, study finds Fresno Bee: Could those empty Valley reservoirs fill up in one winter? Guardian Liberty Voice: California Heat and Drought Plumas County Newspapers: Sierra Nevada forest health in rapid decline, drought adds fuel to the fire USA Today: NASA images show California’s […]
Continue Reading3rd Annual Conference October 6 & 7, 2014 – Portola Hotel& Spa, Monterey, CA This session will address seawater desalination energy use as well as inter-agency interest in a potential loading order for water resource development. Click here for the full conference schedule. Moderator Warren Teitz is a Senior Resource Specialist at the […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board The State Water Board’s Executive Director is notifying post-1914 appropriative water right holders in the Sacramento, San Joaquin, Russian and Eel River watersheds of plans to temporarily release them from curtailment during upcoming intermittent precipitation events. The notice is posted at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/drought/docs/curtail_lift.pdf Due to the uncertainty […]
Continue ReadingClick here to view ACWA’s comment letter regarding the US Forest Service’s proposed groundwater rule.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: Environmentalists divided over water projects New York Times: With Dry Taps and Toilets, California Drought Turns Desperate Los Angeles Times: California dairy farmers struggling to survive prolonged drought Sacramento Bee: California drought prompting extraordinary measures to protect salmon Los Angeles Times: Satellite images reveal shocking groundwater loss in California The Desert Sun: Drought Monitor: Minor improvement in Del Norte […]
Continue ReadingOct. 3, 2014 October 3 Issue of ACWA News Now Available Online The Oct. 3 issue of ACWA News is now available online with stories on the 2014 water year and details on the ACWA Fall Conference & Exhibition which will feature water law expert Eric Garner who will discuss groundwater during a keynote address. […]
Continue Reading3rd Annual Conference October 6 & 7, 2014 – Portola Hotel& Spa, Monterey, CA This session seeks to better examine the reasons and obstacles as to why desal cannot be done quicker. What are the obstacles? 1) Regulatory processes 2) Public attitude/politics/public policies/political structures. Who is having success and why? Public projects – city government […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. The State Water Board is releasing for public review the following revised draft documents related to the proposed Statewide National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit for Drinking Water Systems Discharges to Waters of the United States: (1) Final Draft Resolution (with tracked changes […]
Continue ReadingTour the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center and learn what’s new in water efficiency and industrial storm water management. Weiss Associates takes part in a discussion of water efficiency and storm water management alongside the Santa Clara Valley Water District and the City of San Jose. The event, hosted by the Pacific Industrial and Business Association, will be followed by […]
Continue ReadingNWRA Annual Conference The Hotel Del Coronado Coronado, California November 12 – 14, 2014 Join Us November 12 – 14, 2014! NWRA would like to invite you to sunny California for the 2014 NWRA Annual Conference at the prestigious Hotel Del Coronado in Coronado, California. Registration is now available online by clicking HERE<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-TS5_owAgWyza3MZD_X54wCF-EPTFwprdf1bnvVODJwjIteaWzOErj9o118GsYafpDD8abHCvUGlEBiGUzDkVr-uzt-ZmrGX5Wc-W7u0bbLHIgHcjrtwqB91DR63edl4GTaPN8pjvCIc5RipIj_9nLwPQJGfEep6ZYmrKlCya2_TgZqJQ2D-JoKXJRVXwQFq&c=X7l85NE8EL3ovCL6ASQ08n2D_3mekkeh4ftHldxws9DKpvk9-X0fJQ==&ch=8ReGo3rb9iY0bqA5oLZkdf79h5y8cDgBUBnOaYqA-Uwq1ifQ4laj2w==>. NOTE–The agenda […]
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