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Late last week Governor Gavin Newsom met with new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell at Folsom Lake to show the massive impacts of climate change, including drought, heat waves and wildfires. The Governor also signed budget trailer bill AB 148 to expedite the state’s response to severe drought …

Earlier this week the House approved the PFAS Action Act of 2021 with bi-partisan support, 241-183. The bill would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish national drinking water standards for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — PFOA and PFOS — or better known as “forever chemicals”. Representative Josh Harder (CA-10), …

Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) stands to receive federal funding allocations for two projects in the House Appropriations Committee’s FY 2022 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies legislation approved last week. Thanks to Representatives Ken Calvert and Mark Takano, EMWD’s Quail Valley Septic to Sewer program is slated to receive $2.5 …

Congressman David Valadao (CA-21)  has introduced legislation he says will provide emergency drought relief to the Central Valley. The Necessary to Ensure Expeditious Delivery of Water Act, or NEED Water Act, would protect water currently in the Central Valley Project system for human needs and reduce regulatory burdens in order …

Last week the Biden administration submitted to Congress the President’s budget for fiscal year 2022 which includes a $1.5 billion investment for the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation. “Drought, climate change, and issues of equity and sustainability as well as the continuous need to secure and modernize our …

Last week US Senator Jeff Merkley introduced legislation that would create a new program to cancel utility debts for millions of low-income households and bail out struggling utility companies The Maintaining Access to Essential Services Act of 2021 would provide $30 billion in low-interest loans for electric, water and sewage …