At the September 11, 2012 board meeting of the Metropolitan Water District, Department of Water Resources Director Mark Cowin gave...
At the September 10, 2012 meeting of Metropolitan’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee, Manager of Colorado River Resources Bill Hasencamp...
The Metropolitan Water District’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee received an update on desalination facilities currently being planned or considered for the Southern California area at their meeting on September 10, 2012. I listened in via webcast. OVERVIEW OF DESALINATION...
The Delta Stewardship Council held a one-day public meeting on August 23, in Sacramento. Councilmembers Phil Isenberg, Randy Fiorini, Gloria...
The Delta Stewardship Council held a one-day public meeting on August 23, in Sacramento. Councilmembers Phil Isenberg, Randy Fiorini, Gloria...
The following is a rundown of what happened at the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan public meeting held on August 29th, 2012. These are highlights only, and is a record of most of what happened; however, it is not meant to be...
The following is a rundown of what happened at the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan public meeting held on August 29th, 2012. ...
After hearing Governor Brown and Secretary Salazar’s announcement regarding the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan in July, the Kern County Water Agency’s...
The State Water Resources Control Board will take the first step towards developing a regulatory program to establish biological objectives that would apply to the state’s perennial, wadeable streams by holding CEQA scoping meetings in September. The goal is to...
The Delta Conservancy, a State-designated agency for implementing ecosystem restoration in the Delta, has approved a Strategic Plan outlining the...
The Delta Stewardship Council has completed its review of the Delta Protection Commission’s Economic Sustainability Plan, fully accepting seventeen of...
“Climate change is the defining problem of our time, and how we adapt will determine our longevity as a species,” said Nancy Steele, Executive Director for the Council for Watershed Health, as she welcomed the attendees of the “Mediterranean Cities:...
In 1861-62, California was bombarded for 45 days with one strong winter storm after another, causing severe flooding up and...
Mercury contamination from historical gold mines represents a potential risk to human health and the environment. This fact sheet provides...
From the USGS: The U.S. Geological Survey, Multi Hazards Demonstration Project (MHDP) uses hazards science to improve resiliency of communities to natural disasters including earthquakes, tsunamis, wildfires, landslides, floods and coastal erosion. The project engages emergency planners, businesses, universities, government...