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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
With State Allocation Set, Sites Reservoir Officials Begin Securing More Funding
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Appeal Democrat (Marysville)by Jake AbbottThe Sites Reservoir project will move forward, according to officials, despite being awarded in a recent California Water Commission announcement about half what project backers sought. They will spend the next few months securing the necessary financing to begin the next phase. The Commission announced Tuesday that Sites could expect $816 million in state funding. “We […]
OPINION: To Prepare For Climate Change, California Is Making A Huge Investment In Water Storage
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /The Sacramento Beeby Armando Quintero and Carol BakerOn Tuesday, the California Water Commission completed a groundbreaking process to make the state’s largest investment in water storage in a generation. With the commission’s action, eight diverse projects around the state are in line to receive nearly $2.7 billion from Proposition 1, approved by voters in 2014. These projects – including $816 million for the […]
Water Still Top Enviro Issue; Motor Voter Registers 250,000 More
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /The Sacramento Beeby Bryan AndersonThePublic Policy Institute of California released a poll Wednesday, examining the public’s attitudes on a range of environmental issues. Findings show water remains the top environmental issue for likely California voters. The poll also reveals a strong partisan divide on the issue of global warming. Here’s what you need to know:
Controversial Bill Could Exempt California WaterFix From Judicial Review
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Press (Brentwood)A federal spending bill containing three controversial riders that may impact California water management for decades passed the House of Representatives July 19 and will next face debate in the U.S. Senate. The Fiscal Year 2019 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill (H.R. 6147), was introduced by Rep. Ken Calvert (CA-42). Calvert, who serves as the […]
Capitol Rally To Protest Water Agency’s Bay-Delta Plan
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Western FarmPressAssemblyman Adam Gray, D-Merced, is holding a rally on August 20th at noon on the steps of the State Capitol to protest Phase 1 of the State Water Resources Control Board’s Bay Delta Plan The plan would require an average of 40% unimpaired flows along the Merced, Tuolumne, and Stanislaus Rivers for the protection of […]
Sites Reservoir Earns $816 Million In Proposition 1 Funding
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Chico Enterprise-RecordNearly four years after voters approved billions of dollars for new water storage in California, the state finally announced how the pie would be divided. Sites Reservoir in Colusa County, west of Maxwell, will get the largest chunk. The proposed reservoir has been on the drawing boards since last century. It’s the largest and most […]