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Construction Can Continue in New York, California and Illinois Amid Shutdown Orders. In Other Regions, It’s Banned

March 24, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Construction Diveby Jenn Goodman

To help battle the coronavirus outbreak, governors of several states have shut down all but essential services in recent days. This has left building departments, state building associations and elected officials inundated with questions from contractors in affected areas. Heads of AEC firms of all sizes and functions, including subcontractors and architects, are looking for guidance on whether their work can proceed.

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Relentless Storms Continue to Soak Golden State With Rain, Mountain Snow

March 24, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Accuweatherby Brandon Buckingham

While California will not receive a soaking rain similar to what occurred at the beginning of the week, residents across the state can expect unsettled weather to stick around through Wednesday.

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Groundwater Aquifers Can Expect A Boost From March Rains

March 24, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Fronterasby Bret Jaspers

March rain has left Salt River Project reservoirs as full as they’ve been in a decade. The company is discharging water to make room for the runoff, providing a boost to the underlying aquifers.

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Morning Brief: Power Plants Part of Nation’s Critical Infrastructure, Staff to Remain Onsite for Weeks, Months

March 24, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /PV Magazineby Eric Wesoff

U.S. electric utilities and other energy companies are preparing to have key personnel remain at power plants and operations centers to ensure the facilities remain online during the coronavirus pandemic. The federal government considers power plants part of the nation’s critical infrastructure.

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California Water Pumping Suits Moved to Eastern District Court

March 24, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Bloomberg Environmentby Maya Earls

Two lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s authorization of plans to increase water pumping from the Sacramento and San Joaquin watersheds will be moved from the Northern District of California to the Eastern District of California, a federal judge ruled.

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Coronavirus: Worker at San Jose Wastewater Plant Tests Positive; 17 Quarantined

March 24, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The Mercury Newsby Paul Rogers

Highlighting the threat that coronavirus poses to basic public health systems around California and the nation, a worker at San Jose’s wastewater treatment plant — a facility that treats the sewage from 1.5 million people in San Jose and seven other cities — has tested positive for COVID-19.

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Water Policies Amid COVID-19 Differ Across Humboldt County

March 24, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /North Coast Journal of Politics, People, and Artby Kimberly Wear

Water suppliers across the region — from local cities to community service districts — are suspending shutoffs for nonpayment in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and the resulting widespread business closures.

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We Can No Longer Rely on Historical Data to Predict Extreme Weather

March 23, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Popular Scienceby Ula Chrobak

Floods and other dangerous weather extremes are only getting more intense and more frequent as our climate warms. Historically, we’ve always been able to predict these extremes by looking at how often they occurred in the past. But a new study published Wednesday in Science Advances reveals just how many of those forecasts actually fall short. In just a decade, the findings suggest, the climate has shifted so drastically that the frequency of past extreme events is no longer a reliable predictor.

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Active Pattern to Bring Rain and Snow to the West in the Week Ahead

March 23, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The Weather Channelby Jonathan Belles

More rain and mountain snow will move through the West, including communities in worsening drought, in the early part of the week ahead. This wet pattern began when an area of low pressure moved into the California coast on Sunday. It brought more than an inch of rain to much of the Los Angeles area.

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Can Carbon Credits Save Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Islands and Protect California’s Vital Water Hub?

March 23, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Water Education Foundationby Gary Pitzer

The islands of the western Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta are sinking as the rich peat soil that attracted generations of farmers dries out and decays. As the peat decomposes, it releases tons of carbon dioxide – a greenhouse gas – into the atmosphere. As the islands sink, the levees that protect them are at increasing risk of failure, which could imperil California’s vital water conveyance system.

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