DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Measuring the snowpack goes high-tech with airborne lasers and radar; Budget moves forward with some spending on water projects; Yuba County Water Agency in final stretch of relicensing; and more ….
In California water news this weekend, Illegal pot grows: Dangerous for species, agencies, and recreationists; Measuring the snowpack goes high-tech with airborne lasers and radar; Budget moves forward with some spending on water projects; AquAlliance files lawsuit to prompt DWR to release asbestos details; State adopts fee schedule under groundwater act; Column: James Gallagher keeps pressure on Oroville saga; Santa Rosa: New oversight on groundwater; Yuba County Water Agency in final stretch of relicensing; Lake Tahoe authorities crack down on illegal fences running into the water; Stockton: One last hope for ‘dying slough’?
; Tioga Pass Resort damaged by record snowpack; closed until further notice; and San Diego: Otay Water District sues City of San Diego for overcharges In the news this weekend … Measuring the snowpack goes high-tech with airborne lasers and radar: “Every year for almost half a century, California snow surveyor Pat Armstrong has trekked the rugged Sierra Nevada with three simple tools: a snow core tube, a scale and a notebook.
… ” Read more from the Courthouse News here: Illegal pot grows: Dangerous for species, agencies, and recreationists AquAlliance files lawsuit to prompt DWR to release asbestos details: “Was there more that the public doesn’t know about the discussion of asbestos at the work site for the Oroville Dam spillway?
The group previously asked for all documents related to the topic, and has filed a followup lawsuit against the Department of Water Resources asking to receive more information the group believes exists.
… ” Read more from the Chico Enterprise-Record here: AquAlliance files lawsuit to prompt DWR to release asbestos details State adopts fee schedule under groundwater act: “The State Water Resources Control Board adopted a new fee schedule that will be applied to groundwater pumpers in basins where compliance with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act comes up short.
Dave Levy, the resort’s general manager, blames the huge snow year.
Otay is seeking damages in excess of $16 million of overcharges from the City.
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