Thanks to May’s late-season precipitation and the subsequent improvement to the state’s water supply, the Bureau of Reclamation issued its most recent update for water allocation for Central Valley Project (CVP) South-of-Delta 2019 agricultural water service contractors’ allocations. Unusual snow and rainfall in May set some new records in Central …
Read More »North Coast Water Board Fines Four Defendants for Illegal Land Development for Cannabis Cultivators
Four developers have reached a $325,000 settlement with the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (NCRWQCB) to settle a lawsuit for illegally grading roads and pads on a series of remote Trinity County properties, some of which were sold to cannabis cultivators. The four developers/ defendants — Clay Tucker, …
Read More »Ten San Diego-Area Public Agencies Ordered to Examine Their Systems for Releases of Human Waste
The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board (SDRWQCB) has issued an investigative order to ten owners and operators of municipal stormwater sewer systems and publicly owned sewage collection systems and treatment works suspected of discharging human fecal waste into the Lower San Diego River and its tributaries. Monitoring by …
Read More »Orland Sand and Gravel Corporation to Pay $675,000 Penalty for Water Quality Violations
In April 2018 a Glenn County corporation and its owner/operator was subject to a court-approved settlement agreement issued by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (CVRWQCB) and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. That judgement provided for $175,000 in civil penalties plus an additional $500,000 in suspended …
Read More »Cease and Desist Order Served on Kern County Oil Field Wastewater Disposal Center Company
Operations at Valley Water Management Co.’s (VWMC) McKittrick 1 and 1-3 Facility have been called into question by the Central Valley Water Regional Quality Control Board (CVWRQCB). VWMC operates an oil field wastewater disposal center in Kern County. In California, water and oil are co-mingled in underground oil-bearing geologic formations …
Read More »Both DWR and California State Water Board Issue Annual Warnings Regarding Waterborne Illnesses
‘Tis the season – for algal blooms, E. coli and warnings for waterborne illnesses. As the summer season begins to warm temperatures throughout the state, the risks of waterborne illnesses become an anticipated part of the landscape. Californians – and those visiting the Golden State for summer vacations and recreation …
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