State Water Board approves emergency regulation to ensure agencies and state...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: “In response to the ongoing severe drought, on Tuesday the State Water Resources Control Board approved an emergency regulation to ensure water agencies,...
View ArticleReactions: ACWA, Metropolitan, NRDC and State Water Contractors respond to...
Yesterday, the State Water Resources Control Board voted to allow local law enforcement and water agencies to impose a maximum $500-a-day fine on water wasters, as well as other provisions for water...
View ArticleNews Worth Noting: Final text of State Water Board’s Emergency Regulations,...
Final text of State Water Board resolution with proposed Emergency Regulations now available: You can find the adopted resolution along with the proposed Emergency Regulations on this page: State...
View ArticleNews Worth Noting: New PPIC fact sheet on water use, updated fact sheet on...
New PPIC Fact Sheet on water use: “The current drought is exposing major challenges across all sectors of the state’s water use—environmental, agricultural, and urban. This fact sheet outlines how...
View ArticleDWR & Reclamation write State Water Board, allege water being wrongly...
The California Department of Water Resources and the Bureau of Reclamation have written a letter to the Deputy Director of the State Water Resources Control Board Division of Water Rights, asking her...
View ArticleNews Worth Noting: Blue-green algae blooms in Klamath River, legislators to...
Blue-green algae blooms in Klamath River and Reservoirs result in warning against water contact or use: “Swimmers, boaters and recreational users are to urged to avoid direct contact with or use of...
View ArticleWestlands Water District writes State Water Board, alleges water meant for...
Westlands Water District alleges water being acquired through transfers and exchange agreements is being unlawfully diverted by south and/or central Delta diverters, General Manager Thomas Birmingham...
View ArticleThis just in … State Water Board adopts emergency fish flow regulations in...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) today adopted regulations that authorize the curtailment of water diversions if drought...
View ArticleNews worth noting: Delta Protection Commission releases visual simulation of...
Delta Protection Commission releases visual simulations of tunnel impacts: “The Delta Protection Commission has prepared visual simulations of the proposed Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) tunnel...
View ArticleThis just in … State Water Board Notifies Junior Water-Right Holders of...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: “With California’s extreme drought resulting in insufficient water to serve all water-rights holders, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water...
View ArticleNews Worth Noting: DWR releases final IRWM program guidelines, State Water...
DWR Releases Final 2014 IRWM Program Guidelines and Drought Grant Proposal Solicitation Package: “The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today issued the final 2014 Integrated Regional...
View ArticleNews Worth Noting: Poll: Californians say drought is new normal, State Water...
Poll: Californians say drought is the “new normal”; favor investments in long-term solutions: “Californians believe this year’s record drought is the “new normal” and favor investments in long‐term...
View ArticleMetropolitan’s Bay-Delta Committee hears on update on the State Water Board’s...
At the July 22 meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, attorney Becky Sheehan updated committee members on the State Water Resources Control Board’s activities as...
View ArticleState Water Board’s Revised Order on Temporary Urgency Change Petition for...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: “On April 9, 2014, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and U. S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) submitted a request for modifications to the...
View ArticleThis just in … Media Call: Administration officials release Drought...
On Wednesday afternoon, administration officials held a media call to discuss the release of the Drought Operations Plan and the latest request of the federal state and water projects to extend the...
View ArticleExecutive Director of the State Water Board approves modifications to...
The Executive Director of the State Water Board has issued an order approving modifications to the Bureau of Reclamation’s D-1641 San Joaquin River flow requirements from now through June of this year...
View ArticleThis just in … Executive Director of the State Water Board approves...
They are working late tonight at the State Water Board … The State Water Board has issued another change order for the San Joaquin River flow objectives. Here is the pertinent information that changed...
View ArticleThis just in … New webpage from the State Water Board details potential for...
From the State Water Board: “The State Water Board has updated its Drought Website to include information about the potential for curtailment of water rights in specific watersheds. The information...
View ArticleThis just in … Merced Irrigation District receives conditional approval on...
The Merced Irrigation District has petitioned the State Water Resources Control Board and has received conditional approvals for Temporary Urgency Change Petitions that would allow the transfer of up...
View ArticleState Water Board moves to expedite use of recycled water
In response to the Governor’s proclamation of a Drought State of Emergency in January of this year, the State Water Board has drafted an order to streamline permitting for the use of recycled water for...
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