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NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Nutrients from wastewater treatment plants may threaten coastal marine life―should California regulate them?

Best of the Notebook Ecosystems Notebook News and Features Science

March 7, 2024

Nutrients from human waste boost ocean acidification & hypoxia in CA―wastewater treatment agencies say regulation is premature, environmentalists say it’s...

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and contaminants of emerging concern in wastewater discharges to San Francisco Bay

Maven

Delta science Water quality

November 16, 2023

The issue of water quality in the Delta has become increasingly important in recent years. The drought has made the...

AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Oversight plan would burden North Coast vineyards

Ag Alert

Agriculture Commentary

September 5, 2023

By Dayna Ghirardelli, executive director of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau Regulatory compliance is part of doing business when you...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Sacramento’s New Wastewater Treatment Upgrade Will Help Recharge Groundwater—Will It Also Help the Delta?

Robin Meadows

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features Water supply augmentation

May 16, 2023

by Robin Meadows Two decades ago, scientists were alarmed by sudden declines in at-risk fish and their tiny prey, called...

USGS scientists gather data to better understand nutrient loads entering the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

USGS

Delta science Science Water quality

January 20, 2022

California Water Science Center scientists Dina Saleh and Joseph Domagalski discuss water-quality data collected in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta. By...

AG ALERT: State water board imposes new rules on most wineries

Ag Alert

Agriculture Policy and regulation

January 27, 2021

By Christina Souza, Ag Alert Despite pleas from winery owners and their representatives—one of whom described the wine sector as...