THIS JUST IN … State Water Board Rescinds Mandatory Conservation Standards
Reporting Requirements and Prohibition on Water Waste Remain From the State Water Resources Control Board: Today the State Water Resources Control Board rescinded the water supply “stress test”...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Ruling Letter for May 2
From the State Water Resources Control Board: CALIFORNIA WATERFIX HEARING – RULING GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES’ MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER On March 28, 2017,...
View ArticleANNOUNCEMENT: Amended staff report for the Proposed Basin Plan Amendment to...
From the Central Valley Regional Water Control Board: Regarding the Proposed Basin Plan Amendment to Establish Salinity Water Quality Objectives in the Lower San Joaquin River, an amended Staff Report...
View ArticleState Water Resources Control Board Releases Forms to Comply with CalCannabis...
If you are planning to obtain a California Department of Food and Agriculture Cannabis Cultivation (CalCannabis) License beginning on January 1, 2018, you must provide documentation of your water...
View ArticlePANEL DISCUSSION: Water Quality & Allocation: State Water Board Overview &...
Panel discussion touches on State Water Board’s authorities and the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan The State Water Resources Control Board was formed in 1967 in order to integrate water quality...
View ArticlePANEL: The groundwater-surface water nexus & the State Water Resources...
The passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act enacted a program for statewide management of groundwater, defining new roles for state agencies, including the State Water Resources Control...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Ruling letter for 6/7/2017
From the State Water Resources Control Board Cal Water Fix Hearing Team: CALIFORNIA WATERFIX HEARING – DISPOSITION OF OUTSTANDING PART 1 REBUTTAL TESTIMONY AND EXHIBITS During the course of the...
View ArticleCAL WATER FIX: Ruling letter for June 14, 2017
CALIFORNIA WATERFIX HEARING – RULING DENYING IN PART THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCE’S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER From the State Water Board: San Joaquin County and the North San Joaquin Water...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Ruling letter, July 7, 2017
From the California Water Fix team at the State Water Resources Control Board: On June 15, 2017, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) submitted a request for official notice of the following...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Ruling letter for July 27 denying Sacto Valley water...
From the California Water Fix Hearing Team at the State Water Resources Control Board: On July 10, 2017, the Sacramento Valley Water Users (SVWU) requested that the State Water Resources Control Board...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA WATER FIX: DWR Letter: Public Availability of Sufficient...
From the California Water Fix Hearing Team at the State Water Board: Letter from the Department of Water Resources to the Hearing Officers Dear Hearing Officers, On Monday, July 31, 2017, the...
View ArticleTHIS JUST IN … State Water Board Announces New Executive Director
Former Federal Official Eileen Sobeck Brings 40 Years of Government Experience From the State Water Resources Control Board: After a lengthy, competitive, and deliberative process, the State Water...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Deadlines to Respond to Part 2 Scheduling and SVWU Motion
From the California Water Fix Hearing Team at the State Water Resources Control Board: Part 2 Hearing Schedule Request On August 1, 2017, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) via email, confirmed...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Ruling regarding part 1 evidentiary objections and...
From the California Water Fix Hearing Team at the State Water Resources Control Board, the latest ruling regarding part 1 evidentiary objections and admission of sur-rebuttal exhibits: “Part 1 of the...
View ArticlePANEL DISCUSSION: D-1641: How the water quality control planning process works
Attorneys panel with Tess Dunham, Anna Brathwaite, and Larry Caster discusses the water quality control planning process, the San Joaquin flow proposal for Phase 1, and the federal preemption process...
View ArticleSTATE WATER BOARD: Update on SGMA Implementation
Staff: Formation of Groundwater Sustainability Agencies has been successful At the State Water Resources Control Board meeting on August 15th, staff from both the Department of Water Resources and the...
View ArticleTHIS JUST IN … State Water Board sets date to start Part 2 of California...
PART 2 of the hearing will resume at 9:30 a.m. on January 18, 2018 From the California Water Fix Hearing Team at the State Water Resources Control Board: This ruling grants the Department of Water...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Procedural ruling letter for September 29, 2017
From the California Water Fix hearing team at the State Water Resources Control Board: The latest procedural ruling letter addresses the hearing officers’ Ruling Regarding Request to Change the Part 2...
View ArticleTHIS JUST IN … State Water Board posts materials related to the Phase II...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board has posted several documents on its website related to the Phase II update of the Water Quality Control Plan for...
View ArticleTHIS JUST IN … River Defenders File Lawsuit to Protect California’s Waterways
Suit seeks state compliance with the Clean Water Act and CEQA From the Earth Law Center: Today, a coalition of river defenders filed a lawsuit against the State Water Resources Control Board for its...
View ArticleTHIS JUST IN … California Fisheries Groups Sue State for Failure to Protect...
From the Institute for Fisheries Resources: Today four commercial fisheries organizations filed a lawsuit accusing the California State Water Resources Control Board (the Water Board) of failing to...
View ArticleANNOUNCEMENT: California Water Fix Ruling Letter, November 8th
From the State Water Resources Control Board’s Cal Water Fix hearing team: This ruling addresses questions raised by parties during the pre-hearing conference held on October 19, 2017. The ruling...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Ruling on issues concerning supplemental notices of...
From the State Water Board’s Cal WaterFix hearing team: “We required parties that previously submitted a notice of intent to appear (NOI) indicating their intent to call witnesses to testify during...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Ruling letter for November 20
From the California Water Fix hearing team at the State Water Resources Control Board: “The ruling contained herein addresses a request to modify our direction regarding objections, an emergency...
View ArticleANNOUNCEMENT: Notice of public availability of changes to proposed...
Comments due December 18 From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Board proposes to amend California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 4, Chapters 3 and 17, for the purpose of...
View ArticleANNOUNCEMENT: State Water Board accepting applications to fund drinking water...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board is now accepting applications for $9.5 million in grant funding for projects that improve drinking water quality...
View ArticleDELTA PROTECTION COMMISSION: Delta Watermaster Michael George gives quarterly...
Update covers consumptive use study, implementation of the WIIN Act, and more … At the November meeting of the Delta Protection Commission, Delta Watermaster Michael George gave his quarterly update to...
View ArticleANNOUNCEMENT: Public hearings on proposed withdrawal of certain water quality...
From the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board: EPA is proposing to amend federal regulations to withdraw certain federal water quality criteria for lead, chlorodibromomethane, and...
View ArticlePANEL: Water agencies concerned about proposed expansion of ‘waters of the...
Proposed definition of wetlands and procedures would greatly expand state permitting program, potentially affect recharge basins and constructed facilities, water agencies say “Listen carefully, be...
View ArticleSTATE WATER BOARD: Riparian and pre-1914 water rights in the Delta
State Water Board staff use information gleaned from 2015 informational order to compile the first taxonomy of senior water rights in the Delta At the peak of the drought in February of 2015, the State...
View ArticleCA WATER COMMISSION: A primer on water rights permitting and change petitions
Presentation covers applications for new water rights, fully appropriated streams, and change petitions At the March meeting of the California Water Commission, Amanda Montgomery, Chief of the...
View ArticleNOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOPS: Proposed framework for regulating Direct Potable...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) is preparing a proposed framework for regulating direct potable reuse in California (Framework)...
View ArticleSTATE WATER BOARD: Update on Delta science efforts
At the March 20th meeting of the State Water Board, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Callaway updated the board members on the Delta Science Program and their priorities for the coming year. The mission of the...
View ArticlePANEL DISCUSSION: The Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan Update: Now What...
Panel at ACWA Conference discusses unimpaired versus functional flows and the potential for voluntary settlements The State Water Board is expected this year to adopt proposed changes to the Water...
View ArticleTHIS JUST IN … Notice of immediate curtailment for water right holders in...
From the State Water Board: Today, June 1, 2018, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) issued curtailment notices to holders of 81 permits and licenses in the Sacramento-San...
View ArticleDOCUMENTS AVAILABLE: Bacteria provisions for surface waters, bays, and estuaries
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The revised Bacteria Provisions, Staff Report, and Response to Comments are now available for “Part 3 of the Water Quality Control Plan for Inland Surface...
View ArticleOPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT on Central Valley-wide Salt and Nitrate Control Program
From the State Water Resources Control Board: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) will accept comments on the proposed approval of the Central Valley...
View ArticleTHIS JUST IN … State Water Board to still hear public comment on San Joaquin...
The State Water Board has just issued a revised agenda for next Tuesday’s meeting, noting that the Board will still hear public comment on the proposed resolution to adopt amendments to the Bay Delta...
View ArticleBAY DELTA PLAN UPDATE: San Joaquin River Flows & Southern Delta Salinity...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: On July 6, 2018, the State Water Board released proposed Plan Amendments for the Lower San Joaquin River and Southern Delta objectives and a proposed Final...
View ArticleTHIS JUST IN … California shifts water from farms, cities to fish. But a...
From the Sacramento Bee: “Despite an epic last-minute compromise brokered by Gov. Jerry Brown, state water regulators voted Wednesday to reallocate billions of gallons of San Joaquin River water from...
View ArticleMORE REACTIONS: Reclamation, Feinstein, Costa, Gray, and MID react to...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: Statement from Brenda Burman, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation: I am very proud of the accomplishments we have made with the state and with our partners on the...
View ArticleCAL WATER FIX HEARINGS: Protestors write State Water Board, say hearing...
Recent developments propose significant changes to project operations that are not reflected in the modeling, they say Several letters were delivered to the California Water Fix hearing team at the...
View ArticleSB-88 WORKSHOPS: Water Rights Measurement Regulation (SB88) Workshops to be...
The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) Division of Water Rights invites you to attend a public workshop about the 2016 measurement and reporting regulations (Senate Bill 88). The...
View ArticleDELTA SCIENCE: Lead Scientist Dr. Callaway updates the State Water Board on...
At the May 21st meeting of the State Water Board, Lead Scientist Dr. John Callaway updated Board members of ongoing science efforts in the Delta. In his update, Dr. Callaway discussed the advisory...
View ArticleCV-SALTS: An overview of the salt and nitrate permitting changes proposed for...
The State Water Resources Control Board will hold a public meeting on October 16 to consider adopting a resolution approving the proposed Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s...
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THIS JUST IN … State Water Board Approves Central Valley Water Board Plan to...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today approved an ambitious, long-term plan to address the buildup of salt and nitrates in Central Valley...
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WATER ASSOC. OF KERN COUNTY: The nuts and bolts of the CV-SALTS program
Presentation at Kern County event discusses the implementation of the newly-adopted salt and nitrate management plan for the Central Valley On October 16, 2019 the State Water Resources Control Board...
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ACWA CONFERENCE: Chair Esquivel and Director Nemeth discuss their plans for 2020
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the ACWA’s virtual conference held last week, the second keynote speaker session featured Joaquin Esquivel, Chair of the State Water Resources Control Board, and Karla...
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WATER BOARDS: Update on the Central Valley Water Board’s Irrigated Lands Program
Much progress made on implementation of Order WQ-2018-0002 Runoff and other discharges from agricultural lands affect water quality by transporting pollutants including pesticides, sediment, nutrients,...
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MEETING: State Water Board grants petition for statutory adjudication of the...
At the October 20 meeting of the State Water Board, one of the agenda items was the consideration of a proposed resolution granting a petition by Madera Irrigation District for the statutory...
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