Nearly a year after the East Bay Municipal Utility District was the first supplier in California to limit household use and publicly list violates, its board unanimously voted Tuesday to suspend excess-use fines. Customers in the district have cut their water use by 24 percent since last summer, according to officials. “From the time that we […]
Top water officials in Nevada, Arizona and California have negotiated a deal to cut their use of the Colorado River and slow the decline of Lake Mead, but the landmark agreement is far from finished. Negotiators from Arizona and California are now shopping the plan to various water users and policymakers in their states, where […]
The East Bay’s largest water district is ending the fines and public embarrassment for households that use excessive amounts of water in the drought. Saying it will have enough water this year, the East Bay Municipal Utility District Utility board voted 7-0 to suspend its excess use fines that garnered widespread public attention because EBMUD […]
The Environmental Protection Agency failed to review water quality standard changes for California’s Bay-Delta estuary that could harm at least half a dozen imperiled fish species, environmental groups claim in court. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Bay.org and Defenders of Wildlife sued the EPA in Federal Court on Friday, claiming the agency ignored its mandate […]
Democratic U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez, campaigning for U.S. Senate, said Tuesday that she would consider amending the federal law governing endangered species to help improve the water supply across the parched state of California. To help address the drought, Sanchez said she wants to take a broader approach that calls for continued conservation measures, increased […]
State and federal regulators have failed to protect Delta fish and the environment during the drought by repeatedly relaxing water-quality standards so as to keep water flowing to California cities and farms, three conservation groups argued in a federal lawsuit filed Friday. The complaint against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mirrors a persistent one by […]
EBMUD Board Votes to Suspend Excess Water Use Fines
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /NBC Bay Area (San Jose)by By Elyce KirchnerNearly a year after the East Bay Municipal Utility District was the first supplier in California to limit household use and publicly list violates, its board unanimously voted Tuesday to suspend excess-use fines. Customers in the district have cut their water use by 24 percent since last summer, according to officials. “From the time that we […]
States Consider More Cuts on Colorado River to Prop Up Lake Mead
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Las Vegas Review-Journalby By Henry BreanTop water officials in Nevada, Arizona and California have negotiated a deal to cut their use of the Colorado River and slow the decline of Lake Mead, but the landmark agreement is far from finished. Negotiators from Arizona and California are now shopping the plan to various water users and policymakers in their states, where […]
East Bay Drought: EBMUD Ends Penalties for Water Guzzlers
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Jose Mercury News by By Denis CuffThe East Bay’s largest water district is ending the fines and public embarrassment for households that use excessive amounts of water in the drought. Saying it will have enough water this year, the East Bay Municipal Utility District Utility board voted 7-0 to suspend its excess use fines that garnered widespread public attention because EBMUD […]
Greens Continue Fight Over California Delta
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Service (Pasadena)by By Nicholas IovinoThe Environmental Protection Agency failed to review water quality standard changes for California’s Bay-Delta estuary that could harm at least half a dozen imperiled fish species, environmental groups claim in court. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Bay.org and Defenders of Wildlife sued the EPA in Federal Court on Friday, claiming the agency ignored its mandate […]
Loretta Sanchez Says Relaxing Species Law ‘On the Table’ to Help State
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Associated Press (As Published by The Sacramento Bee)by By Carlos Avila GonzalezDemocratic U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez, campaigning for U.S. Senate, said Tuesday that she would consider amending the federal law governing endangered species to help improve the water supply across the parched state of California. To help address the drought, Sanchez said she wants to take a broader approach that calls for continued conservation measures, increased […]
Delta Battle Over Water and Fish Lands in Court
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Jose Mercury News by By Denis CuffState and federal regulators have failed to protect Delta fish and the environment during the drought by repeatedly relaxing water-quality standards so as to keep water flowing to California cities and farms, three conservation groups argued in a federal lawsuit filed Friday. The complaint against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mirrors a persistent one by […]