An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
California cities can ban synthetic turf under a law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed. He rejected a bill to ban PFAS...
Progress reports on state’s Water Supply Strategy and Water Resilience Portfolio highlight state actions to bolster water supplies through more...
From the Office of Planning and Research: Sites Reservoir has requested certification as an infrastructure project under SB 149 SB 149 makes a broad swath of energy, transportation, water, and semiconductor projects eligible for expedited judicial review under the California...
By Joe Mouawad, general manager of Eastern Municipal Water District, and Jim Peifer, executive director of the Regional Water Authority...
California has a new proposal for allocating water to enhance the environmentally fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, but the state’s fundamental...
Note: The Governor vetoed this bill on October 8, 2023. His veto message is here. Commentary by Sean Bothwell, Executive Director of the California Coastkeeper Alliance If your community suffered from contamination because of illegal dumping by a nearby industry,...
Water providers say rebates for residential areas are costly and residents may refuse to remove their lawns. The rules aim...
One water district official called the mandated annual conservation progress report “ridiculous.” By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service Several speakers...
By Alexandra Biering, senior policy advocate for the California Farm Bureau In the past several years, the equity and effectiveness of California’s water-rights system and the California State Water Resources Control Board’s ability to enforce it have come under scrutiny...
Independent analysis shows that implementation would drive up costs for most water suppliers which in turn will put further upward...
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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Yesterday, the State Water Board released its release of its draft staff report and Substitute Environmental Document for the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan, which includes analysis of the voluntary agreements. Here’s what Metropolitan Water District, Restore the Delta...
From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): In 2012, California passed the Human Right to Water Law (HRTW), the first state statute...
From Clean Water Action and partners: Clean Water Action and our allies at NRDC, EWG, and CalPirg have been working...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The Brake Pad Legislative Report, recently released by The Department of Toxic Substances Control and the State Water Resources Control Board, documents widespread compliance with the 2010 California Motor Vehicle Brake Friction Material...
