http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2010/11/30/ Scott River photo courtesy of the Klamath Riverkeeper (http://www.klamathriver.org). Court to Hear Challenge to Water Diversion Permits on Scott and Shasta Rivers by Dan Bacher The Superior Court in San Francisco on Wednesday, December 1 will hear a court challenge to salmon-killing water diversion permits approved by the California Department of Fish and Game [...]
Archive | November, 2010
California Water Plan Tribal Advisory Committee (Tribal AC)
Last week, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) extended invitations to Tribal leaders and Tribal Organizations to participate in the first ever California Water Plan Tribal Advisory Committee (Tribal AC). The goal of establishing a Tribal AC is to create a forum where California Native American Tribes can review, comment on, and help to [...]
IT Water Commission Meetings
Standing Meetings for the Inter-Tribal Water Commission are held on the third Monday of each month, unless otherwise noted below. Location: Inter-Tribal Council of California, Inc. (ITCC) Central Office 2755 Cottage Way Ste. #14 • Sacramento, CA 95825 Phone (916) 973-9581 • Fax (916) 973-0117 Agenda items must be submitted by the first friday of [...]
Anticipated Controversial Delta Proposal Soon to be Released
November 23, 2010 by evonchambers At last week’s Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife oversight hearing, Natural Resources Secretary Lester Snow announced the release of two Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) reports in the upcoming weeks. The BDCP Steering Committee has spent four years and $140 million to study and develop a proposal with the goal [...]
U.S. EPA Orders Caltrans to Comply With Clean Water Act
(11/16/10) SAN FRANCISCO: The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) to upgrade its statewide stormwater management program, and exert stronger controls over stormwater discharges from its road construction and maintenance sites. The Clean Water Act enforcement action follows a series of EPA field audits of four Northern California [...]
Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Water Recycling Legislation
October 24, 2010 Sacramento – Last night marked a major milestone in California’s efforts to securing sustainable, drought-resilient water for California. Governor Schwarzenegger signed SB 918 by Senator Fran Pavley. The bill, co-sponsored by the Planning and Conservation League and the WateReuse Association, directs the State Department of Public Health to develop criteria for safely [...]
Westlands Water District Says Political Appointees Should Decide Delta Flows B
“We cannot as a society continue to dump the burden of the remaining cost of the BDCP on the counties and water ratepayers,” said Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis). “What the BDCP expects to do is simplify not feasible. There will be a revolution. It won’t happen and the Delta will die.” Westlands Water District Says [...]
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