LAO REPORT: The 2025‑26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards Legislative Analyst's Office Policy and regulationReports June 2, 2025From the Legislative Analyst’s Office: In this post, we discuss the Governor’s May Revision budget proposal to retroactively suspend three...
PRESS RELEASE: Stormwater sampling effort in Eureka reveals high concentrations of salmon-killing toxins are being flushed directly from “big box” store parking lots into local waterways Press Release/Notice EcosystemsWater quality May 22, 2025AB 1313, currently under consideration in Sacramento, includes incentives to clean up runoff from large commercial properties Press release from...
PRESS RELEASE: Recent storms boost stormwater capture in LA County Press Release/Notice Water supply augmentation March 21, 2025Region still woefully short of annual rainfall totals. Press release from LA Department of Public Works: A series of late-winter...
NOTICE: Public Staff Workshop: Proposed Urban Stormwater Infiltration Policy State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS December 14, 2024From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board’s stormwater planning unit has started working on...
NOTICE: Stormwater Capture Volumetric Assessment and Inventory – Data Gathering Webinars State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS October 24, 2024From the State Water Resources Control Board: The Strategy to Optimize Resource Management of Stormwater (STORMS) unit at the State...
PRESS RELEASE: State-funded stormwater project boosts water quality for disadvantaged foothill communities State Water Board Water qualityWater supply augmentation August 14, 2024Nature-based solutions will also help reduce flood risk Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water...
FEATURE: Toxic treads: Unveiling the environmental impact of tire wear and chemical cocktails Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality August 6, 2024Researchers are just beginning to unveil the hazardous mix of chemicals, microplastics, and heavy metals concealed within car and truck...
CAL MATTERS VIDEO: California’s runoff flows down the drain. Can more be captured? Cal Matters Policy and regulationWater supply augmentation May 30, 2024Researchers say if California could collect and treat more stormwater in cities, it could provide enough water to supply a...
NOTICE: Revised Draft Municipal Stormwater Cost Policy and Staff Report now available State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS May 9, 2024From the State Water Resources Control Board: The Revised Draft Standardized Cost Reporting in Municipal Stormwater Permits Policy has been posted...
THE CONVERSATION: As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’ The Conversation Climate changeWater supply augmentation May 8, 2024By Franco Montalto, Drexel University “When it rains, it pours” once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters....
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Questions abound in case of contamination of Sacramento River tributary Courthouse News Service Water quality April 18, 2024Disputes of fact as to whether contaminated stormwater actually flowed into a Sacramento River tributary precluded summary judgment, a federal...
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT: Draft Policy for Standardized Cost Reporting in Municipal Stormwater Permits State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS April 4, 2024From the State Water Resources Control Board: A Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment and Board Hearing on the Revised Draft...
CAL MATTERS: California’s urban runoff flows down the drain. Can the drought-plagued state capture more of it? Cal Matters Policy and regulationWater supply augmentation February 29, 2024Researchers say if California could collect and treat more stormwater in cities, it could provide enough water to supply a...
PRESS RELEASE: New Pacific Institute Report Finds Substantial Opportunity for Urban Stormwater Capture to Enhance Water Resilience in Communities Across the United States Pacific Institute Water supply augmentation February 29, 2024National assessment quantifies vast potential to capture urban stormwater, volume equivalent to more than 90% of annual municipal and industrial...
NOTICE: Proposed Water Quality Control Policy for Standardized Cost Reporting in Municipal Stormwater Permits State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS December 20, 2023From the State Water Resources Control Board: The California State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) is seeking your input...
