As residents begin returning home from the mandatory evacuations caused by the River Fire, California Water Service (Cal Water) recommends customers flush their taps briefly before use to move water that had been stagnant out of their household pipes. While the water system itself was not impacted by the fire …
Read More »San Francisco Refinery agrees to Settlement for Discharge Violation
Phillips 66 Co. has been fined $285,000 by the San Francisco Bay Water Board for discharging more than 5 million gallons of partially treated wastewater from its San Francisco Refinery to San Pablo Bay. The incident in question occurred Feb. 14, 2019 when a discharge was discovered to exceed the …
Read More »Harder, Feinstein Introduce Bill to Improve Water Management with Airborne Snow Observation Program
Last week Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) and Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act to establish an airborne snow observatory (ASO) and measurement program within the Department of the Interior. Without accurate readings, water managers could be forced to unnecessarily release water from reservoirs or …
Read More »Trump Administration advances plan to increase water reliability in Bay Area and Central Valley
The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Feasibility Report, which documents potential costs and benefits of the Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project. As part of a continuing effort to increase storage capability throughout California, Reclamation and the Contra Costa Water District worked together on Phase 2 of the project to increase …
Read More »Harmful Algal Blooms Identified in Prado Regional Park Lake
Visitors are being urged by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board (SRWQCB) to avoid water contact at Prado Regional Park Lake due to the identification of harmful Algal blooms. It is highly recommended that the public and their dogs stay out of the water and avoid contact with …
Read More »Governor Newsom Releases Final Water Resilience Portfolio
Governor Gavin Newsom released a final version of the Administration’s blueprint for equipping California to cope with more extreme droughts and floods, rising temperatures, declining fish populations, over-reliance on groundwater and other challenges. The Water Resilience Portfolio outlines 142 state actions to help build a climate-resilient water system in the …
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