California’s water professionals are on the front lines of one of the state’s most important lifelines. It is a life-sustaining profession and it continues 24/7, 365 days a year; the public depends on water professionals to guarantee that when the tap is activated that water – good, clean water – …
Read More »State Water Contractors invest $380,000 to research effects of water operations on Delta Smelt
The 27 public agencies throughout California that comprise the State Water Contractors (SWC) are investing $380,000 as their contribution to habitat studies in the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta this fall. The habitat studies are being conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation through the Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) to better understand the …
Read More »State Supreme Court declines final issue in MWD and San Diego County Water Authority case
The California State Supreme Court denied to review an appellate court ruling earlier this week brought forward by the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) regarding a case over rates set by the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California. The case ruling earlier this year by the …
Read More »Palo Verde Irrigation District files suit against MWD alleging CEQA violations, illegal scheme
Blythe-based Palo Verde Irrigation District (PVID) filed a lawsuit against Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California last week alleging California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) violations. Filed in Riverside County, the lawsuit contends that CEQA laws were violated when MWD executed six farmland parcel leases, without the required Environmental Impact …
Read More »Trinity County developers cited for water quality violations related to cannabis cultivation
Trinity County developer Clay Tucker, and several corporations with which he is associated, have been cited for violations of federal and state law for property either sold or leased to other parties for cannabis cultivation. The California Attorney General’s Office, on behalf of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control …
Read More »Secretary Zinke Announces $94.3 Million for Parks, Outdoor Recreation; CA to receive $8,039,803
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has announced that funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) will be distributed for outdoor recreation and conservation projects to the all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. The funds, which originate from offshore oil and gas leasing, total $94.3 …
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