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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 10, 2017
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California Water News for July 10, 2017

Sacramento Bee: Here’s where construction efforts on Oroville Dam spillway lie in … Monterey County Herald: With San Clemente Dam gone, are steelhead trout about to make … East Bay Times: EBMUD to vote on 19 percent rate hike on Tuesday as customers balk Ventura County Star: How climate change could threaten our water supply Ventura County Star: Climate change could make California wetter, […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 7, 2017
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California Water News for July 7, 2017

FOX40: Oroville Spillway Construction Hits Milestone as Crews Begin to pour cement The Mercury News: With San Clemente Dam gone, are steelhead trout about to make … Fresno Bee: Build a dam at this spot to halt salt water short of the Delta KQED: Sen. Kamala Harris Talks Water With California Farmers Fresno Business Journal: Sen. Harris talks water, immigration at Valley forum UPI.com: Climate scientists predict wet future […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 6, 2017
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California Water News for July 6, 2017

Associated Press: Can California fish catch break with giant tunnels? Depends Sacramento Bee: They’ve demolished most of Oroville Dam’s troubled spillway. What’s next? The Mercury News: Video: Progress at once-imperiled Oroville spillway Red, Green, and Blue: LA ratepayers will pay for Jerry Brown’s Delta Tunnels (but big … Ceres Courier: Lies, damned lies & Twin Tunnels Monterey County Weekly: A survey shows Monterey […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 5, 2017
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California Water News for July 5, 2017

KRCRTV.COM: Riverbend Park in Oroville reopens on busy holiday Davis Enterprise: Graywater showcase planned July 12 San Joaquin Blog: More on the Delta tunnels JPA East Bay Times: Editorial: Must stop the twin-tunnels water boondoggle MyMotherLode.com: McClintock’s Water Storage Bill Passes House The Mercury News: Toilet to tap? Some in drought-prone California say it’s time Ventura County Star: Lakes are full, but California fishing remains in a drought Manteca Bulletin: Drought reveals why […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 30, 2017
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California Water News for June 30, 2017

Sacramento Bee: Groups file first legal challenge in Delta tunnels fight San Francisco Chronicle: California reservoirs holding twice as much water as at the drought’s height Sacramento Bee: How climate change could threaten the water supply for millions of Californians KQED: Building a Model to Help Restore Oroville Dam’s Shattered Spillway Sacramento Bee: He oversaw dam safety as problems lurked […]

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BPC Supports Bay Ship & Yacht Company in Letter to Water Board on Proposed Dry Dock Permit Changes

In a letter to the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, BPC provided comment on the Water Board’s recent Tentative Order for General Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges from Dry Dock Operations in the San Francisco Bay region. The proposed order affects a number of BPC’s members, including Bay Ship & Yacht Company (Bay Ship). […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 29, 2017
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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Encourage Residential Water Conservation

For Immediate Release June 28, 2017 Contact: Adam Russell (Feinstein), 202-224-9629 Megan Taylor (Heller), 202-224-6244 Samantha Slater (Bennet), 202-510-7014 Casey Contres (Gardner), 202-224-5941   Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Encourage Residential Water Conservation                   Washington—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) today introduced the Water Conservation Tax […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJune 29, 2017
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California Water News for June 29, 2017

CBS San Francisco Bay Area: Winter Runoff Straining Delta’s Levees Contagionlive.com: California Flooding May Create Breeding Grounds for West Nile Virus Western Farm Press: When it comes to water, will California ever learn? Sacramento Bee: There’s no green light for terrible Delta tunnels News Deeply: California Faces Its First Big Deadline for Groundwater Law agprofessional.com: Automated Water Records to Support Agriculture […]

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