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Saturday’s top of the scroll: Central Valley flood protection plan approved
Updated: 2012-06-30 15:34:50: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Flood Control Stormwater Category Click here to view all posts Saturday’s top of the scroll : Central Valley flood protection plan approved Posted by : Maven on June 30, 2012 at 7:34 am From the Sacramento : Bee A new flood protection plan approved Friday for California’s Central Valley takes a firm stand against rules by the U.S . Army Corps of Engineers that could require all trees and shrubs to be stripped from levees in the . region The new Central Valley Flood Protection Plan will guide regional flood-safety improvements for the forseeable future and must be updated every five . years The plan calls for improvements in coming decades estimated to cost 17 billion . It will beWater battle looms between Los Angeles and the town of Mammoth
Updated: 2012-06-30 15:15:59Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Eastern Sierra Category Click here to view all posts Water battle looms between Los Angeles and the town of Mammoth Posted by : Maven on June 30, 2012 at 7:15 am From the Fresno : Bee Los Angeles and Mammoth Lakes , a small ski town high in the Sierra Nevada , are locked in a court battle over a crucial water source , fueling century-old resentment over the efforts of the metropolis to supply its thirsty . millions The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power filed suit in Mono County Superior Court six months ago to gain control of Mammoth Creek . The creek 300 miles north of Los Angeles is the main water supply for Mammoth . Lakes The town of 7,700 argues that the state forRiver wars, episode III: End of the river?
Updated: 2012-06-30 15:06:14, : Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the San Joaquin Valley Category Click here to view all posts River wars , episode III : End of the river Posted by : Maven on June 30, 2012 at 7:06 am From the Valley Citizen : blog When the Modesto Irrigation District MID assures its customers there is enough Tuolumne River water to sell 2,000 acre feet per year to the city of San Francisco , knowledgeable citizens can only assume there’s a hidden back . story For one thing , many local farmers have been informed of reduced water allotments . Since their water comes from the Tuolumne River , they can’t help wondering how the claim of excess water can match reality . And the canoeists and kayakers who paddled down the TuolumneWhy did Mono Lake become a cause celebre?
Updated: 2012-06-30 15:01:18Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Eastern Sierra Category Click here to view all posts Why did Mono Lake become a cause celebre Posted by : Maven on June 30, 2012 at 7:01 am From the Legal Planet : blog Why did saving Mono Lake become such a potent political issue during the late 1970 s and early 1980 s For a book I am currently writing on the case , that is a critical . question After all , hundreds of groups hundreds of environmental groups seek media oxygen for their cases all the time . Both nationwide and particularly in California , Mono Lake stood out : more than deforestation , or desertification , or the expansion of national parks , or urban stormwater runoff , or a whole host of things . What caused itHouse Appropriations Committee cuts EPA funding
Updated: 2012-06-30 14:58:24From ACWA’s Water News: “The House Appropriations Committee approved the FY 2013 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill on June 28 by a vote of 26 to 19. The $28 billion dollar bill funds the Department of Interior, EPA and various other agencies. … “ Continue reading from ACWA’s Water News by clicking here.Math formula leads researchers to source of pollution
Updated: 2012-06-30 14:52:47From Science Daily: “The leaking of environmentally damaging pollutants into our waters and atmosphere could soon be counteracted by a simple mathematical algorithm, according to researchers. Presenting their research June 26, in IOP Publishing’s journal Inverse Problems, the researchers, from Université de Technologie de Compiègne, believe their work could aid efforts to avoid environmental catastrophes by identifying the exact location where pollutants have been leaked as early as possible. … “ Continue reading from Science Daily by clicking here.California Water Commission’s draft Strategic Plan open for public comment
Updated: 2012-06-30 14:50:32The California Water Commission is seeking public comments on its draft Strategic Plan. Comments will be accepted starting Friday, June 29th, and extending through Friday, July 31st. Public comments will also be heard at the Commission meeting on Wednesday, August 15th, 2012. Click here for more information on submitting comments. Click here to download the 24-page Strategic Plan.Travelin’ in Time: Brush dams aimed — but failed — to counter smelter-caused erosion
Updated: 2012-06-30 14:44:08: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Northern California Category Click here to view all posts Travelin’ in Time : Brush dams aimed but failed to counter smelter-caused erosion Posted by : Maven on June 30, 2012 at 6:44 am From the Record : Searchlight Toxic fumes from the Keswick , Coram and Kennett smelters killed vegetation in the path of the smoke and fumes flowing from the chimneys . All watersheds from below Keswick Dam to approximately 6 miles north of Shasta Dam were completely denuded of . vegetation From 1905 to 1919, rainfall denuded slopes and resulted in extensive erosion in Spring Creek . Basin The Keswick smelter was in the Spring Creek Basin and was the first smelter built in Shasta County in 1896.Marina Coast files claim against county, water agency over failed desal project; District blames county for demise of plant
Updated: 2012-06-30 14:42:28, Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Desalination Category Click here to view all posts Marina Coast files claim against county , water agency over failed desal project District blames county for demise of plant Posted by : Maven on June 30, 2012 at 6:42 am From the Monterey County : Herald The Marina Coast Water District on Friday served a claim for damages of up to 20 million against the county and its Water Resources Agency , blaming them for the demise of the regional desalination . project In a claim filed with the county , Marina Coast alleges the water agency , its former project partner , breached the project agreements by not meeting its contractual obligations . And it accuses current and former countyVisalia: WildPlaces aims to preserve, protect nearby habitats
Updated: 2012-06-30 14:38:24: , Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the San Joaquin Valley Category Click here to view all posts Visalia : WildPlaces aims to preserve , protect nearby habitats Posted by : Maven on June 30, 2012 at 6:38 am From the Visalia : Times-Delta As Jeremy Cherson of Visalia picked up garbage in the middle fork of the Tule River last week , dozens of people swimming nearby began to take . notice Minutes later , they were asking him for garbage bags . That is exactly the difference Mehmet McMillan wants his grass-roots organization to . make WildPlaces is a nonprofit based out of Springville whose mission is to preserve , support and protect natural habitats in the Southern Sierra Nevada . It was founded by McMillan in 2001.NRDC beach report: Stormwater, sewage to blame for near-record California beach pollution
Updated: 2012-06-30 14:36:25: , Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Oceans Beaches Category Click here to view all posts NRDC beach report : Stormwater , sewage to blame for near-record California beach pollution Posted by : Maven on June 30, 2012 at 6:36 am From Southern California Public : Radio California’s beaches remain among the most polluted in the country , the Natural Resources Defense Council announced . The group’s annual study found that Golden State beaches account for a quarter of shutdowns around the . country Stormwater runoff and raw sewage remain Southern California’s worst enemies at the beach , the NRDC says . About 11 percent of water quality samples from public beaches around the state violated health standards last year .GHD appointed OE for Huntington Beach desalination
Updated: 2012-06-30 14:34:39Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Desalination Category Click here to view all posts GHD appointed OE for Huntington Beach desalination Posted by : Maven on June 30, 2012 at 6:34 am From Desalination Water : Reuse Consultant GHD is to lead a multi-disciplinary team serving as owner’s engineer OE for the 50 MGD 189,000 m³ d Huntingdon Beach desalination project in California , . USA The team will undertake a range of advisory and engineering services as OE , including assisting developer Poseidon Resources Surfside LLC to prepare contractual bid documentation paving the way for the engineering , procurement and construction of the project . GHD is also OE for Poseidon’s Carlsbad desalination plant . Continue readingInland Empire: $51 million grant will boost local water supplies
Updated: 2012-06-30 14:33:18: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Southern California Category Click here to view all posts Inland Empire : 51 million grant will boost local water supplies Posted by : Maven on June 30, 2012 at 6:33 am From the Riverside : Press-Enterprise Inland water agencies scored a record 51 million state grant this week to expand two treatment plants that remove dairy and agricultural . contaminants The expansion will reduce the region’s reliance on imported supplies , officials . said The money caps a 15-year effort to enlarge the Chino I and Chino II desalters , the workhorses of a regional well and pipeline system that provides drinking water to 1½ million people in Riverside and San Bernardino counties . ContinueDo pipelines in the West threaten water sources?
Updated: 2012-06-30 14:31:29Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Colorado River the Southwest Category Click here to view all posts Do pipelines in the West threaten water sources Posted by : Maven on June 30, 2012 at 6:31 am From Audubon : Magazine Keystone XL isn’t the only pipeline conservationists are worried about . Pipelines that transport water—not oil or gas—are also a concern . These conduits could actually make water resources less reliable in the future , eventually taking a toll on the communities that both fund and depend on the projects , a new NRDC report . finds Aptly titled Pipe Dreams , the report analyzes recent large-scale water pipeline projects in Arizona , California , Nevada , New Mexico , Utah , and Wyoming . It notesEmpty straw: Lake Powell Pipeline isn’t prudent, says editorial
Updated: 2012-06-30 14:29:36: , Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Colorado River the Southwest Category Click here to view all posts Empty straw : Lake Powell Pipeline isn’t prudent , says editorial Posted by : Maven on June 30, 2012 at 6:29 am From the Salt Lake Tribune , this : editorial Disappointment is pushing a drinking straw to the bottom of a cup , sucking , and producing nothing but a hissing , empty sound . Imagine how disappointing it would be if Utahns spent 1 billion on the Lake Powell Pipeline only to get the same . result Unfortunately , that’s a real possibility . Yet another report , this one by the Environmental Defense Fund , is warning Utahns about just that . It says that if projections about global climate change pan outWhat Was a Mandate is Now a Tax on Breathing
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Updated: 2012-06-29 16:46:50read moreFriday’s top of the scroll: California budget would indefinitely extend ban on dredge mining
Updated: 2012-06-29 15:54:32: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Lake Tahoe , the Sierras foothills Category Click here to view all posts Friday’s top of the scroll : California budget would indefinitely extend ban on dredge mining Posted by : Maven on June 29, 2012 at 7:54 am From the Sacramento : Bee Suction dredge mining foes are crowing following news that an addition to the California budget bill will effectively extend indefinitely a moratorium on the controversial . practice Opponents are vowing to sue to restore miners’ ability to used the dredges to find . gold A short bit of legislation attached to the budget means that a moratorium due to expire in 2016 will be extended indefinitely , unless the state’s mining program can be madeBill raising Lake McClure into Wild and Scenic stretch of the Merced River advances
Updated: 2012-06-29 15:49:22Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Lake Tahoe , the Sierras foothills Category Click here to view all posts Bill raising Lake McClure into Wild and Scenic stretch of the Merced River advances Posted by : Maven on June 29, 2012 at 7:49 am From the Mariposa : Gazette A bill that would increase Lake McClure’s capacity by letting it rise into a federally-protected stretch of river passed a key vote in the U.S . House last . week To become law , the bill sponsored by Representative Jeff Denham , R-Turlock , would have to navigate a tough course through the Senate and win endorsement from the sitting U.S . . president The bill faces an upstream fight in the Senate and is opposed by the Obama administration and currentDWP lawsuits over water rights may put squeeze on Mammoth Lakes
Updated: 2012-06-29 15:33:42From the Los Angeles Times: “The people of this small High Sierra ski town have survived drought, forest fires and earthquakes. They have endured economic recessions and volcano scares. But nothing in their history prepared them for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The DWP launched a legal attack six months ago for control of the city’s primary source of water, Mammoth Creek, which tumbles down the slopes through town. The utility contends it has owned the water since 1905 and Mammoth Lakes has been poaching for decades. … “ Continue reading from the Los Angeles Times by clicking here.Public review starts on changes to 2012 Central Valley Flood Protection plan
Updated: 2012-06-29 15:31:52From the Central Valley Business Times: “The Central Valley Flood Protection Board has published a “Proposed Adoption Package” for the 2012 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan on its website, triggering the final phase of the adoption of the plan by the July 1 deadline required by law. The Proposed Adoption Resolution provides a framework for interpretation and implementation of the plan, and captures specific changes to the plan, the board says. Public input was accepted through June 8 and was incorporated into the adoption resolution. … “ Continue reading from the Central Valley Business Times by clicking here.Madani & Lund develop innovative modeling for California’s high-elevation hydropower systems
Updated: 2012-06-29 15:28:09Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Energy Water Category Click here to view all posts Madani Lund develop innovative modeling for California’s high-elevation hydropower systems Posted by : Maven on June 29, 2012 at 7:28 am From International Water Power Magazine hat-tip to the Water SISWeb California’s high elevation hydropower system with more than 150 power plants provides 74 of the US state’s hydropower . Given that studying such a large system with conventional hydropower modelling methods would be tedious and costly , Kaveh Madani and Jay Lund have developed a new model EBHOM that can be used for large-scale hydropower planning studies in California with reasonable computational effort and . time CaliforniaWater footprint of electricity highest for hydro, report says
Updated: 2012-06-29 15:27:22From Bloomberg News: “For every gallon of water used in an average U.S. household, five times more water is used to provide that home with electricity via hydropower turbines and fossil- fuel plants, River Network said today in a report. The Portland, Oregon-based environmental group’s report said the water footprint of electricity is the highest for hydropower. “Each day, enough water to meet the demands of more than 50 million people evaporates from reservoirs behind hydroelectric dams,” it said. … “ Continue reading from Bloomberg News by clicking here.Alex Breitler’s blog: DWR responds to levee concerns
Updated: 2012-06-29 15:24:09From Alex Breitler’s blog: “In April, the engineers who maintain Delta levees wrote a letter to the state Department of Water Resources, expressing concern that the state’s official position is to upgrade the levees to meet only a relatively weak level known as Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP). Last week the state responded. … “ Find out what they said by clicking here.Dan Bacher: Brown slashes budget while adding 75 peripheral canal positions
Updated: 2012-06-29 15:19:55: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Delta Issues Category Click here to view all posts Dan Bacher : Brown slashes budget while adding 75 peripheral canal positions Posted by : Maven on June 29, 2012 at 7:19 am From Dan Bacher at : IndyBay.org Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed a budget that slashes state employee salaries by five percent while adding 75 new positions to assist in the construction of the environmentally destructive peripheral canal or . tunnel Brown claims this balanced” state budget protects funding for education and public safety” while cutting 8 billion from government to close a 15.7 billion deficit and build a reserve of nearly 1 . billion The budget slashes spending in almost every partCommentary: What the Cadiz water plan is and why it needs to be stopped
Updated: 2012-06-29 15:17:55: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Southern California Category Click here to view all posts Commentary : What the Cadiz water plan is and why it needs to be stopped Posted by : Maven on June 29, 2012 at 7:17 am From KCET , this : commentary A long-promoted plan to pipe water from one of the driest parts of the Mojave Desert to irrigate Southern California’s cities continues to find new critics , who are slamming the project on environmental grounds . The Cadiz Valley Conservation , Recovery and Storage Project , which would drill wells into the desert near Cadiz Dry Lake and pump groundwater into the Colorado River Aqueduct at a cost of nearly 540 million , continues to take heat over its claims that it can pullInkstain blog: 736 gallons per person per day
Updated: 2012-06-29 15:15:34: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the General Water Issues Category Click here to view all posts Inkstain blog : 736 gallons per person per day Posted by : Maven on June 29, 2012 at 7:15 am From the Inkstain : blog Some months ago , I complained in the newspaper about water consumption in Palm : Springs Today customers of the Desert Water Agency , which serves Palm Springs , consume an average of 540 gallons of water per person per . day Having just visited Palm Springs on a desert vacation , I had that number in mind last week when the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority released its latest per capita calculations . They show that water usage in the Albuquerque area in 2011 dropped below 150Calendar notes: Delta ISB to discuss BDCP & more; State Water Board schedules workshops in next phase of Bay-Delta Plan update
Updated: 2012-06-29 15:10:22: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Events Category Click here to view all posts Calendar notes : Delta ISB to discuss BDCP more State Water Board schedules workshops in next phase of Bay-Delta Plan update Posted by : Maven on June 29, 2012 at 7:10 am New additions and updates to the : calendar INDEPENDENT SCIENCE BOARD TO DISCUSS BDCP MORE : The Delta Independent Science Board Delta ISB will meet July 9-10 to discuss its reviews of science programs in the Delta , the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report Statement BDCP DEIR EIS the Delta Science Program , and the Delta ISB workplan . Click here for more . information STATE WATER BOARD’S UPDATE TO BAY-DELTA PLAN CONTINUES WITH WORKSHOPSNews Feed: University Will Not Investigate Fracking Institute - New York Times (blog)
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Grape growers flood Ukiah court for frost protection lawsuit
Updated: 2012-06-29 14:50:40Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Northern California Category Click here to view all posts Grape growers flood Ukiah court for frost protection lawsuit Posted by : Maven on June 29, 2012 at 6:50 am From the Santa Rosa Press : Democrat Scores of Sonoma and Mendocino county grape growers and other farmers packed a Mendocino County Superior Court room Thursday for a lawsuit challenging state frost protection rules for stretches of the Russian River . watershed Regulators say the rules are necessary to protect salmon and steelhead , the latter a threatened species . Farmers and their attorneys say the regulations are unneeded , trample farmers’ water rights and exceed the state Water Resources Control Board’sLower Yuba River opinion concerns Nevada Irrigation District Board
Updated: 2012-06-29 14:43:47From YubaNet.com: “Although Englebright Dam and Daguerre Point Dam are located downstream of the Nevada Irrigation District, NID officials are concerned that their future operation could impact NID water supplies. The NID Board of Directors on Wednesday (June 27) instructed staff to prepare and submit comments to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) related to a biological opinion issued in February by the service. … “ Continue reading from YubaNet.com by clicking here.San Francisco: ‘Secret shadow’ of green city
Updated: 2012-06-29 14:40:35: Home About Calendar Connect with Maven Contact Aquafornia Contact The Foundation This is just one post in the Bay Area Category Click here to view all posts San Francisco : Secret shadow’ of green city Posted by : Maven on June 29, 2012 at 6:40 am From the San Francisco : Examiner Along with its open-mindedness , embrace of eccentricity and political liberalism , nothing so defines San Francisco as its desire to be green . The Bay Area was the birthplace of environmentalism , and we express our ecological sensibility in everything from locally raised food to hybrid cars to bans on plastic . bags But there’s one area where some environmentalists believe San Francisco could do better . For more than 80 years , we have stored our tap water in a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park ,News Feed: Officials say some cash from Marcellus Shale impact fees could flow our way - Lancaster Newspapers
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