The Bay Planning Coalition (BPC) submitted a formal letter to all Assembly and Senate members of the Bay Area to request advocacy for a more sustainable approach to water conservation that complements the critical plans for and local investments in water supply reliability actions needed to meet California’s 21st century water needs. In regards to the State […]
Continue ReadingThe Bay Planning Coalition supports U.S. Representative Jared Huffman’s sponsorship of H.R. 4615, the Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act. H.R. 4615 would amend the Internal Revenue Service Code to exclude water conservation, efficiency and storm water management rebates from local water agencies to their ratepayers from being considered part of the recipients’ gross income for […]
Continue ReadingMcClatchy DC: House Republicans reopen the bidding on California water bill Associated Press: Feds to review if funds mishandled for California tunnels California Farm Bureau: Water, markets complicate farms’ planting plans Patch.com: Palm Desert Bank Among ‘Outstanding Water Savers’: CVWD 10News: El Nino, California’s drought create dangerous wildfire combination … BBC News: Companies get serious about water use Santa […]
Continue ReadingHouse GOP pushes California drought measure 04/12/2016 03:11 PM EDT House Republicans are pushing their California drought language at the start of the appropriations process, upping the ante in an ongoing battle with Senate Democrats over how to balance environmental protections and water needs in the parched state. A spending bill for the Interior Department, Department […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Southern California water agency signs $175 million deal to buy Delta islands New York Times: Sierra Nevada Snow Won’t End California’s Thirst Feedstuffs: USDA: Cattle, winter wheat affected by drought expansion Eureka Times Standard: California water-saving rules to ease, but nobody’s off the hook San Francisco Chronicle: Federal government to probe state spending on delta tunnels Fresno Bee: Clovis […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board Click here to view the Notice of Postponement of Public Hearing on the Proposed General Order for Recycled Water Use.
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board Click here to view the Notice of Meetings in Closed Session regarding California WaterFix Project.
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board Click here to view the Second Revised Notice-Adoption Meeting on the Prop 1 Groundwater Grant Program Funding Guidelines. The Adoption Meeting has been changed to May 18, 2016.
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). The next stakeholder meeting for the Pyrethroid TMDL and Basin Plan Amendment is scheduled for 1 June 2016 from 9 am-12. Please see the notice here for meeting details. The focus of this meeting will be to develop and discuss […]
Continue ReadingApril 11, 2016 CA Water Leaders Take on the Capitol at the 2016 Public Policy Forum Attendees prepare for their Capitol visit It was a great day to be in the state’s Capitol for the CASA/WateReuse joint Public Policy Forum. Participants came […]
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