Three organizations in California have been announced as recent recipients of grant awards from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF’s) Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Program provided by the Wildlife Habitat Council, with major funding by EPA, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fedex, Shell Oil …
Read More »Water Seen as Most Important Environmental Issue in Recent Public Policy Institute Survey
According to a recent Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) survey, drought and water supply have been identified as the most frequently named topic when likely voters are asked about the most important environmental issue facing the state today (24%). Although the proportion of likely voters expressing this view has …
Read More »Protecting the drinking water supply in Lake Sonoma Watershed with Fire Cameras Approved
Plans targeting the protection of the drinking water supply for more than 600,000 residents in Sonoma and Marin counties received a major boost earlier this week when the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved a network of fire cameras that will provide early detection of wildfires in the Lake Sonoma …
Read More »Reclamation proposes fee collections for day use and boat launch areas at Lake Berryessa
Day use and boat launch areas at Capell Cove Boat Launch, Oak Shores and Smittle Creek Day Use Areas at Lake Berryessa could soon see fee collections for those using the popular recreation areas. The proposed fees would be used to improve local facilities, provide increased visitor services and protect …
Read More »Crystal Geyser, Two Other Companies Charged with Transporting Arsenic in Wastewater
CG Roxane, LLC (Crystal Geyser), United Pumping Services, Inc. and United Storm Water, Inc. are now each facing a statutory maximum fine of $8 million on a 16-count indictment recently returned by a United States Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, grand jury. The three companies are charged with the …
Read More »Lab Owner Pleads Guilty to Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund Fraud
A recent investigation by the California Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP) and the State Water Resources Control Board at the Cal Tech Environmental Laboratories (CTEL) in Paramount uncovered evidence of gaps in the chain of custody, altered data, poor housekeeping of laboratory equipment, failed quality control tests and improper reuse …
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