DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: City of Antioch files claim against DWR; Another giant California dam has downstream residents worried; Delta Council gets an earful; Sites JPA approves deal with Metropolitan; and more ….
In California water news this weekend, City of Antioch files claim against Department of Water Resources; Another giant California dam has downstream residents worried; Delta Council gets an earful; Sites JPA approves deal with Metropolitan; Lessons from Abu Dhabi on using renewables to power desalination; Trump appoints Valley water lobbyist to top Interior Department post; and more … In the news this weekend … City of Antioch files claim against Department of Water Resources: “The City has filed a claim with the State of California seeking relief for the Department of Water Resources’ (“DWR”) failure to perform specific key terms of an agreement between the State and Antioch dating from 1968 commonly referred to as the “1968 Agreement”.
Should state officials sidestep the issue as conditions worsen by the year?
… ” Read more from the Riverside Press-Enterprise here: Fix California’s dilapidated water system In regional news and commentary this weekend … DWR answers public’s questions, listens to concerns: ““I’m sorry.
Croyle, the acting director of the Department of Water Resources, answered questions and listened Thursday evening as people stepped up to a microphone and were heard during the first of the water agency’s community meetings about the Oroville Dam spillway disaster and evacuations.
Area firefighters are taking part in an intensive training down the Mokelumne River.
… ” Read more from the Stockton Record here: San Joaquin County pesticide use highest since 1990s Kern County: Where does all the water go?
… ” Read more from the Ridgecrest Independent here: Indian Valley Wells Groundwater Authority Southern California: Why a regional water district is raising its rate for pumping water: “A regional water district in charge of keeping the underground aquifer full is the latest water agency to cite the drought for raising its rates.
“Unfortunately, as in every water agency, as sales go down, revenue goes down and costs go up.” … ” Read more from the Whittier Daily News here: Southern California: Why a regional water district is raising its rate for pumping water Why more water could be in San Jacinto Valley’s future: “Eastern Municipal Water District is about to embark on a first-of-its-kind plan in Riverside County to increase the amount — and improve the quality — of groundwater in the San Jacinto Valley.
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