Legislation passed in 2009 set an ambitious target for statewide water conservation: a 20% reduction in urban per capita water...
The second draft of the Delta Science Plan has now been posted at the Delta Stewardship Council website and is...
At the Delta Stewardship Council’s meeting on August 22, Karla Nemeth, project manager, and Gordon Enas, engineer, were there to brief council members on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). The presentation included an overview of the project and how...
From the Department of Water Resources, this update on the latest activities of the Fish Restoration Program Agreement (FRPA): Prospect...
From 2000 to 2008, voters approved nearly $100 billion in general obligation bonds to fund the state’s infrastructure needs with...
On August 15, the Assembly Committee for Water, Parks, and Wildlife held an informational hearing to gather public comment as they continue to work on developing a new water bond, titled “The Clean Drinking Water & Climate Change Response Act...
After meeting with the Governor earlier this month, The Nature Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife, American Rivers, The Bay Institute, The...
Meanwhile, a different group of NGOs, namely Friends of the River, the Environmental Water Caucus, Restore the Delta, the California...
No doubt, the big story today in the papers will be regarding the changes made to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan that were announced yesterday, but here at Maven’s Notebook, I am always striving to give you something a little...
I received and collected a few reactions from various organizations to yesterday’s announcement. Here’s what I have, listed in alphabetical...
On August 13th, the Senate Governance and Finance and the Natural Resources and Water Committees held a joint information hearing...
The documents detailing the proposed changes to the tunnels and other project details are now posted at the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website. Changes include moving some construction activities and the area for storing ‘reusable tunnel material’ (sometimes referred to...
Yes, apparently Matt Weiser has all the details on what will be announced at today’s media call. You can read...
From Senator Wolk’s office, this press release: Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis) today introduced a $5.6 billion water bond to provide...
On August 5, the Brown Administration released a draft Statewide Economic Impact Study that estimated that implementation of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) would result in positive economic benefits to residents statewide of $4.8 to $5.4 billion. Some of...