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The Rebirth of a Historic River
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /BBCby Alexander Matthews“My great uncle and my grandma and my great grandparents and, I’m sure, their great grandparents: they were all fishermen. That’s just what they did – they fished and it was out of necessity to support their families. And it’s because that’s what we’ve always done and we’ve never known another life,” says Amy Cordalis, the general counsel of the Yurok, and a member of California’s largest indigenous tribe.
It’s hard to overstate how important this livelihood has been to the Yurok people who have lived for millennia in rural Northern California. And yet this livelihood has been diminishing for decades after the Klamath River – which flows through the tribe’s territory – was dammed for hydroelectricity. But now, after years of painstaking negotiations, the fortunes of the Yurok could be set to change, with the largest dam removal project in US history given the green light.
Water Utility Hero of the Week, Matthew Carriveau, Otay Water District
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News NetworkThis feature highlights water utility employees in the San Diego region working during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure a safe, reliable and plentiful water supply. The water industry is among the sectors that are classified as essential. Matthew Carriveau, Otay Water District Customer Pump Mechanic I, is the Water Utility Hero of the Week.
Will the West Figure Out How to Share Water?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Deseret Newsby Sofia JeremiasIn Crowley County, Colorado, sugar beets and alfalfa used to line the fields. It’s cantaloupes were famous.
But that all changed about three decades ago when most of the farmers sold their water rights to rapidly growing cities on the Front Range.
Coronavirus Lockdown Caused Dramatic Changes in Water Consumption, Research Finds
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Phys.Orgby Joe StaffordNew research has found that the coronavirus lockdown led to dramatic changes in water consumption in England and Wales, and that some of these are likely to continue even after the pandemic.
Special Report: Restoration Projects at the Salton Sea
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /KYMA Imperial Countyby Alexandra RangelNearly $47 million dollars have been secured in California’s state budget for the next year to begin mitigation efforts at the Salton Sea and the New River.
It’s a major win for a decades-long problem that has contributed to the environmental and health impacts in Imperial County.
Although, millions of dollars are being poured into helping improve the environmental health crisis Imperial County is facing, will it be enough and will residents see a change in their lifetime?
Fishing, Environmental Groups Sue Over Umpqua River Dam
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /AP Newsby Gillian FlaccusA coalition of environmental and fishing groups are suing a water district in southern Oregon over an aging, privately owned dam that they say hinders the passage of struggling salmon populations in the pristine North Umpqua River.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Eugene, asks a judge to order the Winchester Water Control District to build a new fish ladder and make major repairs to Winchester Dam, which dates to 1890 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The dam is one of the oldest in Oregon.
Metropolitan Board Advances Major Recycled Water Project
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Los Angeles SentinelThe Metropolitan Water District board voted to begin environmental planning work on what would be one of the largest advanced purified wastewater treatment plants in the world.
Metropolitan officials said the approval marks a significant milestone for the Regional Recycled Water Program, a partnership between the MWD and the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts to reuse water currently sent to the ocean.
Biden’s EPA Expected to Pass Limits on Some ‘Forever Chemicals’
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Bloomberg Lawby Pat RizzutoThe EPA under a future Biden administration is expected to quickly move to set regulations on “forever chemicals” in water and other areas, but not to restrict the entire group of thousands of the substances, attorneys said in recent interviews.
The Environmental Protection Agency is already expected to set national drinking water limits for two of these chemicals, perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS, and perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, said Cynthia AM Stroman, a partner in King & Spalding LLP’s Washington, D.C. office.
Rainbow Approves CFD with Pardee Homes for Meadowood
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Fallbrook Village Newsby Joe Naiman Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityA community facilities district will cover initial Rainbow Municipal Water District expenses for Pardee Homes’ Meadowood development.
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