Fears over how climate change will manifest itself in the United States typically center on coastal areas, where predictions of a rising sea prompt predictions about disappearing beaches from Los Angeles to Miami to the Jersey Shore. But two recent...
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 has been posted on the project website at: http://waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/salinity/upstream_salt_boron/index.shtml The...
From the Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) Formation As of May 2, 2017: 188 local agencies (including coordinated efforts by a combination of local agencies) have submitted GSA formation notifications. Many local agencies...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: On April 20, 2017, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the United States Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) (hereinafter jointly referred to as Petitioners) filed with the State Water Resources Control Board (State...
With a new administration in Washington, DC that has taken a different view of environmental regulation, changes in the Endangered Species Act perhaps seem more possible than in prior years. The effects of climate change threaten to further complicate...
