The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of the California Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the availability of a draft document describing a proposed health-protective concentration (HPC) for noncancer effects of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) in drinking water, as part...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Lois Henry: Kern River battles continue as ag districts accuse Bakersfield of pulling off an historic “water heist” “If anyone thought a recent court order mandating 40% of the Kern River’s flow remain...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water North Kern Water Storage District is part of the North Central Kern (NCK) Groundwater Sustainability Agency, along with 22 other entities. The NCK GSA is looking to send a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) to the...
Reclamation funding improves delivery system at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area From the Bureau of Reclamation: In the shadow of the Sutter Buttes in the northern Sacramento Valley, the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area is an oasis of more than 9,000 acres...
Dozens of proposed projects would pump water uphill to reservoirs that release it to generate electricity when wind and solar can’t. But their reliance on groundwater in the drought-stricken Southwest is leading to pushback. By Wyatt Myskow, Inside Climate News...
