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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 9, 2017
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California Water News for May 9, 2017

Associated Press: California Borrows $500 Million For Oroville Dam Work Associated Press: California asks federal taxpayers to fund repairs at dam Sacramento Bee: Oroville Dam: With bills rolling in, state borrows heavily Sacramento Bee: Sacramento State is fixing 43 drinking fountains and water sources with high lead Capital Public Radio News‎: California Borrows Up To Half-Billion Dollars For Oroville Spillway Repairs […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 8, 2017
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California Water News for May 8, 2017

KRCRTV.COM: Oroville Dam to release more water starting Wednesday Water Deeply: ‘These fish are in a bad way.’ How many more will die because of Delta Tunnels Stockton Record: The state of our dams NBCNews.com: Donald Trump Wants to Rebuild America? Here Are 8 Places to Start Marin Independent Journal: Marin mosquitoes thriving as rain season yields to warmer days […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 5, 2017
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California Water News for May 5, 2017

Sacramento Bee: Oroville Dam: The latest on spillway repairs – and what state won’t tell us San Francisco Chronicle: Melting snow causes minor flooding of Yosemite’s Merced River Oroville Mercury Register: Switch in spillway repairs – starting from the bottom up, literally Catholic Online: Oroville Dam Leaking? 50yr Proof of ‘through the dam’ leakage? Will the dam breach? KRCRTV.COM: DWR […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 4, 2017
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California Water News for May 4, 2017

Sacramento Bee: ‘We are very, very sorry.’ State water officials face frustrated Oroville crowd Gridley Herald: Meeting with DWR lasts over four hours Capital Public Radio News: Oroville Residents Do Not Mince Words On State’s Handling of Emergency Spillway Record Bee: Politicians, public must demand answers on Oroville Dam Chico Enterprise-Record: Editorial: State’s Oroville recovery focus should be more than […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 3, 2017
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California Water News for May 3, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Floods possible as warmth melts heavy Sierra snowpack Chico Enterprise-Record: Questions, answers and a bit of scorn for DWR at Oroville meeting East Bay Times: Editorial: Politicians must demand answers on Oroville Dam Sierra Star: Compounding the water issue The Desert Sun: 42000 homes in California will be under water due to rising seas … Grist: Veggies grown […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 2, 2017
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California Water News for May 2, 2017

Sacramento Bee: Sierra snowpack is huge and melting fast – what that means for spring flooding Capital Public Radio News: Water in California’s Snowpack Nearly Double Its Long-term Average Government Technology: California Officials Use Social Media Video to Support Oroville Dam legislation SFist: Flooding Predicted This Week As Record Sierra Snowpack Melts … KRCRTV.COM: Public raises concerns over safety of […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 1, 2017
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California Water News for May 1, 2017

Associated Press: California mammoth snowstorms take toll on Sierra wildlife Sacramento Bee: Another giant California dam has downstream residents worried The Mercury News: California coast ocean level could rise 10 feet in 70 years KRQE News: California says oceans could rise higher than thought Press-Enterprise: Fix California’s dilapidated water system Delta Confluence: New report projects catastrophic sea-level rise on California coast […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 28, 2017
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California Water News for April 28, 2017

Sacramento Bee: Another Oroville Dam document is sealed – for now McClatchy Washington Bureau: The West has a tricky, expensive water problem – and even solving it is controversial Capital Public Radio News: California Senate Passes Bill That Would Boost Stormwater Capture … Government Technology: What Will It Take to Develop California’s Statewide Water Data … Scientific American: Rising Sea […]

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