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A draft report on the feasibility of developing regulations for the direct potable reuse of recycled water was released late last week by the State Water Resources Control Board to the state’s Legislature. After reviewing the recommendations of an Expert Panel and Advisory Group, the State Water Board’s Division of …

Senator Feinstein has reached out to Thomas J. Vilsack, secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and to Shaun Donovan, director of the Office of Management and Budget, to make additional funds available to assist with California’s tree mortality crisis. California has an estimated 66 million dead trees in the …

A peaceful meadow — home to coyotes, bear, deer and a clan of some 200 genetically distinct great gray owls – has been donated to Yosemite National Park by Robin and Nancy Wainwright.  The 400-acre Ackerson Meadow is home to the federally endangered southwestern willow flycatcher and the great gray …

A new, comprehensive study in the American River Basin in Northern California has been initiated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to help inform water managers in the Central Valley Project regarding the development of detailed hydrologic analysis and models for the basin, including the consideration of the impacts of …

Five agency partners, along with the public, various organizations and local businesses will be participating in the Great Sierra River Cleanup (GSRC) in Tuolumne and Calaveras counties on Saturday, September 17.  The project will focus on various sites around New Melones Lake in the Stanislaus River watershed area. The Bureau …

David H. Wright, an established utility industry executive has been confirmed by the Los Angeles City Council as the new general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP).  Wright was confirmed by a unanimous vote of those city council members present, 13-0, with councilmen Felipe Fuentes …