Thanks to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) will be able to begin a study to determine whether drought and adverse weather conditions cause health problems, and whether water policy effects the link between extreme temperatures and health. The Foundation’s Evidence for Action …
Read More »Los Angeles sewage spill closes Long Beach and Seal Beach
Some 2.4 million gallons of sewage has flowed into the Los Angeles River, beginning Monday afternoon, due to a broken pipe in downtown Los Angeles effectively closing both Long Beach and Seal Beach. Officials are hopefully they will be able to reopen both beaches on Thursday. Originally a sewage line …
Read More »Bureau of Reclamation raises Friant Division 2016 Class 1 Water Supply Allocation to 75 percent
The Bureau of Reclamation recently announced an additional increase in the water supply allocation to the Friant Division contractors of their Class 1 water from 65 to 75 percent. This allocation increase has been made possible by an agreement Reclamation negotiated with Friant Division contractors and others to exchange water …
Read More »CA Department of Water Resources urges public to avoid algal bloom in Pyramid Lake
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has issued a notice urging the public to avoid a large algal boom that has developed in Pyramid Lake in Los Angeles County. The public is being advised to avoid body contact with the lake’s water, its scum and any mist. Algal blooms …
Read More »Saturday petition drive seeks support to ban recycled oil field wastewater for crop irrigation
Petition signing drives to be held at nine sites statewide Protect California Food will be holding community education and petition signing drives this Saturday, July 16, calling on Gov. Jerry Brown and the State Water Resources Control Board to halt the use of recycled oil field wastewater in irrigating California’s …
Read More »California’s Groundwater Monitoring Partnership expands to 94 percent of required basins
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is reporting that statewide efforts to track groundwater information from the state’s 127 high-and-medium-priority groundwater basins has reached an all-time high of 94 percent participating. These basins are now fully monitored and more than 1.5 million groundwater elevation measurements from these basins, throughout …
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