Drinking water Archives ~ Page 9 of 11 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

GUEST COMMENTARY: California water agencies are feeling the pandemic’s financial pinch. But the water will keep flowing.

December 21, 2020

Guest commentary by Danielle Blacet-Hyden, deputy executive director of the California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA): As the COVID-19 pandemic continues...

CAL MATTERS: Well water throughout California contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’

Cal Matters

Water quality

December 20, 2020

These chemicals are everywhere. They last forever. They’re expensive to get rid of. And many Californians don’t even know they’re...

YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: Tribal Water Rights and Resources in a Changing Climate

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

December 16, 2020

From the Klamath waters to the Western desert valleys, recent court rulings highlight the important and evolving role of tribal...

CAL MATTERS: What happens when a rural area’s only well is contaminated?

Cal Matters

Water quality

November 19, 2020

By Rebecca Sohn, Cal Matters In the spring of 2013, Jocelyn Walters and her partners moved Nativearth, their small shoe...

Groundwater/Aquifer Remediation

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

October 17, 2020

Cleaning up polluted groundwater basins can create additional water supply that would not otherwise be available without remediation, but treatment...

Drinking water treatment and distribution

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

October 17, 2020

Drinking water treatment is among the most important public health achievements of the 20th century. However, agencies responsible for drinking...

Forest management and urban forestry

Maven

Notebook News and Features Wildfires and watersheds

October 17, 2020

With much of the state’s water supply originating in the mountains as precipitation on the forested landscape, the health and...

CAL MATTERS: Unsafe to drink: Wildfires threaten rural towns with tainted water

Cal Matters

Water quality Wildfires and watersheds

October 7, 2020

The damage to water systems can linger for years. The cost in just one small town: as much as $150...

TESS DUNHAM: California’s Three-Legged Stool for Improving Groundwater Quality: Porter Cologne, SGMA and the Recycled Water Policy – How Do They Work Together?

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features Water quality Water supply augmentation

October 6, 2020

Every year, the Groundwater Resources Association of California selects two speakers for the David Keith Todd Lectureship, which named after...

NOW AVAILABLE: Nitrate Control Program: Final Community Engagement Guidance Document

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

July 1, 2020

From the Central Valley Regional Water Board: Below is the final version of the State Water Board Office of Public...

CV-SALTS: Nitrate Control Program Notices to Comply sent to dischargers

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

May 30, 2020

From the State Water Board: On May 29, 2020, Notices to Comply were sent to dischargers of nitrates in Priority...

NEW REPORT: Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Program Report to the Legislature

Maven

Planning and management Reports

February 29, 2020

The 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, 2020

By 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, 2020

By 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, 2020

From the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Board: On October 16, 2019, the State Water Resources Control Board approved the...