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‘Digitizing Is The Future’: California’s Water Rights System Needs to be Brought Into the 21st Century

/in , , /by /ABC 10 News (Sacramento)by Brenden Mincheff

In the Records Room of the CalEPA building in Sacramento are some of the most important documents in the entire state of California. Some date back to 1914. “Our files are organized in ascending order,” explained Matthew Jay, an analyst with the State Water Resources Control Board. “The oldest documents are at the bottom and so you can see that some of the stuff is all typewritten and in a lot of cases, handwritten.”

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Tiny, Endangered Fish Hinders California’s Colorado River Conservation Plan

/in , , /by /ABC Newsby Amy Taxin

Southern California’s Imperial Irrigation District, which supplies water to farmers who grow most of the nation’s winter vegetables, planned to start a conservation program in April to scale back what it draws from the critical Colorado River.

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Court Ruling Against Bond Financing for Controversial Delta Tunnel Won’t Impede Project, State Says

/in , , /by /San Joaquin Valley Waterby Jesse Vad

A recent court ruling may have thrown a wrench in the state’s funding plans for the controversial and expensive Delta Conveyance Project – a tunnel to move Sacramento River water 45 miles beneath the ecologically sensitive Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

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New Recycled Water Pipelines to be Installed In Encinitas and Carlsbad

/in , , /by /Fox 5 San Diegoby Rhea Caoile

The construction of new recycled water pipelines in North County is expected to begin next week, according to the Olivenhain Municipal Water District. Thanks in part to about $900,000 in grants from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources, the district will begin work on extending several underground pipelines in Encinitas and Carlsbad.

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OPINION – California Has to Conserve Water. Why is Sacramento Dragging its Heels?

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Robert Hertzberg & Laura Friedman

On the heels of two wet winters, it’s easy to forget how close some parts of California came to running out of water a few short years ago. But this climate amnesia will not help us prepare for the next inevitable drought. Since before the state’s founding, the boom-and-bust of drought and flood have shaped our landscapes.

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Back-to-back storms to refresh a precipitation windfall in California

/in , , /by /The Washington Postby Diana Leonard

March is a notoriously fickle month for California precipitation, but the storm door remains open for the Golden State, where precipitation has been plentiful for a second straight year. The month began with a severe blizzard, and it looks like it will close with a solid dose of Sierra snow — and a potentially significant rainstorm in Southern California.

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Sacramento, Other California Cities Would Have to Conserve Far Less Water In New Rules

/in , , /by /Aolby Ari Plachta

Sacramento and cities across California caught a break from the state’s water regulator this week after the agency faced criticism that its water conservation rules were too complicated and costly to meet.

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California Farmers Could Save a Lot of Water — But Their Profits Would Suffer

/in , , /by /Cal Mattersby Rachel Becker

California farmers could save massive amounts of water if they planted less thirsty — but also less lucrative — crops instead of almonds, alfalfa and other water-guzzling crops, according to new research by scientists who used remote sensing and artificial intelligence.

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Vallecitos Water District: A Culture That Values Customers, Employees

/in , , /by /The Coast News Group

Vallecitos Water District, led by General Manager James Gumpel, has been serving the San Marcos community since 1955. As a local government entity, they provide essential water, wastewater, and reclamation services to various areas in North San Diego County.

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Toilet To Tap Is Here

/in , , /by /LAistby Jacob Margolis

The California State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday approved new regulations for direct potable reuse, AKA “toilet to tap” — that’s when purified water is piped directly from a sewage treatment plant to your home.

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