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NOAA FISHERIES: Four Pacific salmon and steelhead retain threatened status in reviews of recovery progress

December 12, 2024

By NOAA Fisheries NOAA Fisheries has completed 5-year reviews of the recovery progress and prospects of four salmon and steelhead...

SJV WATER: More entities fleeing embattled Tulare County groundwater agency

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Groundwater News

December 12, 2024

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The embattled Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) may soon have only one member entity...

SJV WATER: Valley farm bureau hopes to send “strong message” to the state with hefty donation to sister farm bureau

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Groundwater News

December 12, 2024

By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water The Tulare County Farm Bureau intends to send a “strong message” to the state by...

JPL: NASA-DOD Study finds saltwater to widely taint coastal groundwater by 2100

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Groundwater News

December 12, 2024

By NASA/JPL: Intrusion of saltwater into coastal groundwater can make water there unusable, damage ecosystems, and corrode infrastructure. Seawater will...

FRESNOLAND: ‘It’s horrible.’ Fresno’s record-breaking settlement highlights region’s larger drinking water problem

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Groundwater News

December 12, 2024

Efforts to hold chemical giants accountable have been hampered by state regulators’ failure to map the full extent of contamination,...

KFF HEALTH NEWS: Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ taint rural California drinking water, far from known sources

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Groundwater News

December 12, 2024

By Hannah Norman, KFF Health News Juana Valle never imagined she’d be scared to drink water from her tap or...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Public hearing for appeal of DWR’s consistency determination for geotechnical activities scheduled for December 19

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Delta Conveyance Project

December 11, 2024

In October, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) filed a certification of consistency with the Delta Plan for the geotechnical...

NOW AVAILABLE: NOAA Fisheries Final Biological Opinion for the Long Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project

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Reports Water project operations

December 11, 2024

NOAA Fisheries issues no jeopardy/no adverse modification biological opinion The biological opinion by NOAA Fisheries for the long-term operations of...

DAILY DIGEST, 12/11: Met approves continued Delta tunnel funding, asks “Where’s Kern County?; Newsom urges completion of Sites as Tribal and environmental groups slam project; New storm train for Pacific coast may include at least one ‘bomb cyclone’; and more …

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Daily Digest

December 11, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

SJV WATER: Giant SoCal water district approves continued Delta tunnel funding, asks “Where’s Kern County?”

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Delta Conveyance Project

December 11, 2024

By Lois Henry, SJV Water California’s largest water contractor agreed Tuesday to spend another $141 million on the latest version...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Metropolitan board approves $142 million in additional funding for remaining planning of Delta Conveyance Project; Restore the Delta and State Water Contractors respond

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Delta Conveyance Project

December 11, 2024

District joins agencies across California in contributing funding for the project’s pre-construction activities in 2026 and 2027 Press release from...