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The California Water News blog!
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Saturday’s top of the scroll: Dry winter raises concerns about available water
From the Visalia Times-Delta: “News this week that the Sierra snowpack is less than half of average has raised worries about how much water will be available this year for communities and agricultural operations. But dairy owner Ron Koetsier is optimistic that the second half of this dry winter could still turn around — and [...]
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Many grape growers plan to voluntarily comply with water rules
From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat: “Two large groups representing North Coast grape growers said Friday they are likely to voluntarily comply with rules designed to protect endangered fish in the Russian River, even though a judge has put the controversial regulations on hold. Enlarge | But it’s unclear whether other growers, who farm more [...]
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Hold the salt: Developer explores using desalinated water for Saltworks project
From the Silicon Valley Mercury News: “Among many challenges facing the controversial Redwood City Saltworks project, securing water for a community that may have as many as 12,000 homes is high on the list. DMB Pacific Ventures, a new company owned by Arizona-based DMB Associates that wants to develop Saltworks on Cargill’s salt flats, has [...]
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Restore the Delta on the Delta Plan: Ambitious document, serious flaws
From Restore the Delta’s blog: “The big news this week with the Delta Stewardship Council (DSC) is that everyone who wants to comment on the 2,000-and-some page Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Draft Delta Plan has until February 2 to do it. Restore the Delta has commented in detail on some portions of [...]
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Alex Breitler’s blog with more on the striped bass saga
From Alex Breitler’s blog: “It was Jim Kellogg’s last meeting as president of the California Fish and Game Commission. He took advantage. “Nobody’s got an answer on how this is done, or who declares it, so I’m going to declare the striped bass a native species of the state of California,” he said. And a [...]
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Barry Nelson: Southern California’s new wave of local water supplies
From Barry Nelson at the NRDC Switchboard blog: “Last week, the Luskin Center at UCLA sponsored a conference called “The Future of Water in Southern California.” The conference lived up to its ambitious title. That event also prompted me to write about an interesting analysis of the plans of Southern California water agencies, which was [...]
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Press release: Bear Creek forest conserved: A win for forests, water, wildife and jobs in Siskiyou-Shasta Counties
From the Pacific Forest Trust, this press release: “We did it! This week marks the Pacific Forest Trust’s and Roseburg Resources’ successful completion of our working forest conservation easement on the 8,230-acre Bear Creek Working Forest in Siskiyou and Shasta counties. Approved by California’s Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) last December, the $7.8 million easement officially [...]
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Two coastal areas selected for habitat restoration grants
From the California Department of Fish & Game: “The Department of Fish and Game’s (DFG) Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) awarded $280,000 in grants for environmental enhancement projects. Recipients for 2012 are the City of Arcata’s McDaniel Slough Tidal Restoration project for $187,706 and the Central Coast’s Elkhorn Slough for $95,480. “We received [...]
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Project to use Lake Oroville water nearing completion
From the Oroville Mercury Register: “A project to make use of some of the local reserve of Lake Oroville water is about six months away from completion. The Del Oro Regional Intertie project — about 10 years in the making — will provide lake water to customers in the Lime Saddle District. “It’s really close [...]
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Russian River water supply declared dry’
From the Ukiah Daily Journal: “As of Wednesday, the Russian River water supply condition was changed from “normal” to “dry,” meaning flows from Lake Mendocino can be reduced, the Sonoma County Water Agency reported. According to the SCWA, the “dry” designation means the agency can reduce flows in the Russian River to preserve water storage [...]
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Lake Mendocino to be stocked with rainbow trout
From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat: “Lake Mendocino on Thursday will be stocked with rainbow trout for the first time, creating a winter fishery at that popular destination for anglers. About 30,000 year-old rainbow trout will be released Thursday morning, said Scott Harris, environmental scientist for state Department of Fish and Game. “They are 10 [...]
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Marin Municipal Water District plans to raise water rates for sixth straight year
From the Marin Independent Journal: “The Marin Municipal Water District is eyeing a sixth consecutive year of rate hikes to help balance its budget. The district board, which met Thursday to consider its budget options, will review a possible 6.5 percent increase when it meets again in two weeks. If such a hike is eventually [...]
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Sierra water suppliers collaborate with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on Martis Valley Groundwater Model and Management Plan effort
From YubaNet.com: “The Truckee Donner Public Utility District (TDPUD), Northstar Community Services District (NSCSD) and Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) continue its partnership in developing a groundwater management plan and groundwater model for the Martis Valley basin. This effort recently gained further technical resources with the addition of a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) study [...]
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Nevada City: Water here is costing more
From YubaNet.com: “Residents here are entering the second of three years of steadily growing water bills as the city tries to get its water fund back in the black. “We have projected that the gap for calendar year 2011 between revenues and expenditures in the water department will be $210,000,” City Manager David Brennan told [...]
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Broken line pumping treated wastewater into Feather River
From the Appeal Democrat: “A broken underwater sewer line is pumping treated wastewater into the Feather River, Yuba City officials reported Friday. The wastewater currently pouring into the Feather River is not raw sewage, authorities said. “The water has been treated and disinfected, so we don’t anticipate any public health issues associated with the break,” [...]
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