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08 Jun Newsom praises court ruling dismissing environmental groups’ challenge of Sites Reservoir

Posted at 15:01h in Sites Reservoir by securewaterx

California’s plan to build the state’s first new major reservoir in decades is advancing after a court rejected a challenge by environmental groups. In the ruling last week, a Yolo County Superior Court judge sided against environmental advocates who had argued Sites Reservoir would harm the...

05 Jun Governor Gavin Newsom noted that judges must rule on certain CEQA challenges within 270 days under a streamlining tool.

Posted at 14:16h in News, Sites Reservoir by securewaterx

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday praised a judge’s decision that denied a move to stop the Sites Reservoir project based on state environmental law, pointing to a streamlined legal process that led to the quick ruling. Conservation groups had sued over the proposed reservoir, some...

17 May Analysis: Benefits of the Delta Conveyance Project Far Exceed Costs

Posted at 14:23h in News by securewaterx

SACRAMENTO – Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a benefit-cost analysis for the Delta Conveyance Project that finds the infrastructure modernization project would create billions of dollars in benefits for California communities, including reliable water supplies, climate change adaptation, earthquake preparedness and improved...

04 Apr Amid above-average snowpack, Newsom urges focus on state water resilience and adaptation

Posted at 14:03h in Uncategorized by securewaterx

With California snowpack and reservoirs at above-average levels following two wet winters, Gov. Gavin Newsom stood on a snowy field near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday and urged the state to do much more to make its water supplies resilient to the extreme droughts and flooding...

26 Mar California’s largest new reservoir project in 50 years gains momentum

Posted at 15:12h in News by securewaterx

$205 million from Congress is latest boost for Sites Reservoir, but can it overcome opposition? Colusa County is known for sprawling rice farms and almond orchards, wetlands full of migrating ducks and geese, staunch conservative politics, and the 19th-century family cattle ranch where former Gov. Jerry...

06 Feb L.A.’s flood-control system survived epic storm. But it’s losing battle with climate change

Posted at 16:05h in News by securewaterx

Amid hammering rainfall, viscous mud flows and multiple state emergency declarations, Los Angeles County’s Byzantine flood control system has thus far absorbed near-record precipitation — a feat that officials say was made possible by extensive preparations, including the massive dredging of key debris basins and...

24 Jan CAL MATTERS: California ranks high worldwide for rapidly depleted groundwater

Posted at 16:13h in Uncategorized by securewaterx

Researchers found that the world’s most rapidly declining basins are in farm regions, especially drier areas like the San Joaquin Valley. Wells are drying out and land is sinking. By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters In a sign of the ongoing threats to its precious groundwater stores, half...

17 Dec California prepares to transform sewage into pure drinking water under new rules

Posted at 16:09h in Uncategorized by securewaterx

California is set to adopt regulations that will allow for sewage to be extensively treated, transformed into pure drinking water and delivered directly to people’s taps. The regulations are expected to be approved Tuesday by the State Water Resources Control Board, enabling water suppliers to begin...

09 Dec L.A. County aims to collect billions more gallons of local water by 2045

Posted at 18:57h in News by securewaterx

LA TIMES: BY JACLYN COSGROVE - STAFF WRITER Over the next two decades, Los Angeles County will collect billions more gallons in water from local sources, especially storm and reclaimed water, shifting from its reliance on other region’s water supplies as the effects of climate change...

08 Dec Delta Conveyance Project Final EIR

Posted at 18:19h in Uncategorized by securewaterx

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is today releasing the Final Environmental Impact Report to public agencies that commented on the Draft EIR, per the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).* Proposed responses to comments, as well as the Final EIR and accompanying informational resources,...