Category: Breaking News

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 groundwater basins and surface water, and ensure delivery of clean drinking water to disadvantaged communities impacted by nitrates until impaired aquifers are restored. Approved after more than 13 years in […]

From Westlands Water District: Today, Westlands Water District terminated its preparation of an environmental impact report pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The District was preparing the environmental impact report to assess the effects of raising Shasta Dam, as proposed by the Bureau of Reclamation, including whether the Dam raise would adversely affect the free-flowing conditions of the McCloud […]

Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed Senate Bill 1 with the following message: “I am returning Senate Bill 1 without my signature. The bill would enact the California Enviornmental, Public Health, and Workers Defense Act of 2019 with the intent of ensuring that protections afforded under federal environmental and labor laws and regulations as of January 2017, could remain in place […]

The Golden Gate Salmon Association has issued a statement responding to a memo from the US Fish and Wildlife Service to the Bureau of Reclamation, the upshot of which is that Reclamation is proposing changes to the Fall X2 adaptive management action.  X2 is the location in the Bay-Delta where the tidally averaged salinity is 2 parts per thousand; it […]

New Web-based Tool Released to Track Progress toward Human Right to Water Goals From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today authorized spending nearly a quarter billion dollars to help local water systems provide safe, reliable drinking water to communities throughout the state and begin closing the safe drinking water gap for more than […]

SB 200 establishes a stable ongoing fund to help communities access safe drinking water From the Office of the Governor: SANGER — Governor Gavin Newsom today signed SB 200 by Senator Bill Monning (D-Carmel), which establishes the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund to help local water systems provide safe drinking water. In his first week in office, Governor Newsom […]

From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) was notified today that the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) submitted DWR’s Oroville spillways reimbursement appeal to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In March 2019, FEMA notified DWR that it does not consider some spillway reconstruction work to be eligible for reimbursement based on information DWR […]

From KQED: “After rushing forward on a plan to send more water to California’s Central Valley, the Trump Administration has unexpectedly hit the brakes and ordered the work already done by federal scientists to be completed by a different team. Just days before federal biologists were set to release new rules governing the future of endangered salmon and drinking water […]