NEW REPORT: Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Program Report to the Legislature Maven Planning and managementReports February 29, 2020The Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Act established through Assembly Bill 401 (Dodd, 2015) directs the State Water Resources Control Board...
CAL MATTERS: For California well owners, clean water is hard to get as state, local hurdles remain Cal Matters Groundwater News February 27, 2020By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado, Cal Matters Water is scarce and dirty for many in Fresno County’s small West Park community. They’re...
THE CONVERSATION: Buried in mud: Wildfires threaten North American water supplies The Conversation Wildfires and watersheds February 11, 2020By François-Nicolas Robinne, University of Alberta; Dennis W Hallema, North Carolina State University, and Kevin D. Bladon, Oregon State University As...
CV-SALTS: Notices to Comply with the new regulations will begin mailing out to permittees starting in March 2020. State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS February 1, 2020From the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Board: On October 16, 2019, the State Water Resources Control Board approved the...
WATER ASSOC. OF KERN COUNTY: The nuts and bolts of the CV-SALTS program Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality January 29, 2020Presentation at Kern County event discusses the implementation of the newly-adopted salt and nitrate management plan for the Central Valley...
ANECITA AGUSTINEZ, DWR TRIBAL POLICY ADVISOR: The Language of Water Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation January 14, 2020This commentary is based on speakers notes from an ACWA Talk given by Anecita Agustinez at the ACWA Fall Conference...
NOTICE: PFAS Technical Seminar Video Recordings, Agenda, Speaker Abstracts and Biographies, Presentations, and Survey State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS December 28, 2019From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board recently hosted a 2-day Technical Seminar and...
CAL MATTERS: For California well owners, clean water is hard to get as state, local hurdles remain Cal Matters Policy and regulation October 31, 2019By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado, Cal Matters Water is scarce and dirty for many in Fresno County’s small West Park community. They’re...
THIS JUST IN … State Water Board Approves Central Valley Water Board Plan to Reduce Nitrate Contamination in Groundwater and Provide Replacement Drinking Water State Water Board Policy and regulation October 16, 2019From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today approved an ambitious, long-term plan to...
CV-SALTS: An overview of the salt and nitrate permitting changes proposed for the Central Valley Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater quality October 8, 2019The State Water Resources Control Board will hold a public meeting on October 16 to consider adopting a resolution approving...
COMMENTARY AT CAL MATTERS: California must embrace groundwater management, and expand it Cal Matters CommentaryGroundwater News September 27, 2019Five years ago, California became the last state in the West to regulate groundwater. Many thought this would be impossible...
THIS JUST IN … State Water Board Authorizes Nearly Quarter Billion Dollars to Provide Safe and Affordable Drinking Water State Water Board Policy and regulation August 20, 2019New Web-based Tool Released to Track Progress toward Human Right to Water Goals From the State Water Resources Control Board:...
THIS JUST IN … Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Creating Safe Drinking Water Fund Office of Governor Gavin Newsom Policy and regulation July 24, 2019SB 200 establishes a stable ongoing fund to help communities access safe drinking water From the Office of the Governor:...
PFAS EXPLAINED: The growing crisis of ‘forever chemicals’ Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality July 24, 2019PFAS are a group of chemicals that have become ubiquitous in consumer goods – and the environment. What are they...
CAL MATTERS: Why fighting for clean water with climate change money worries some California lawmakers Cal Matters Policy and regulationWater quality June 17, 2019Combat climate change, or clean up the water? Legislators chose to dip into a greenhouse gas fund to fight California’s...
