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CSPA Submits Testimony Opposing Davis/Woodland Water Grab
The City of Davis, University of California Davis and the City of Woodland submitted applications to divert up to 50,000 acre-feet of water annually from the Sacramento River. CSPA protested the applications. The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has announced it will hold an evidentiary hearing (testimony, cross-examination and rebuttal, all under oath) on…
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Groups Ask EPA to Overrule State Board on Temperature Impairments
CSPA and a coalition of fishing and environmental organizations have sent the United State Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) a letter asking the agency to overrule the State Water Resource Control Board’s refusal to list the San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Merced Rivers as impaired waterbodies because of excessive temperatures. The Central Valley Regional Water Board…
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CSPA Petitions State Board to Review Four NPDES Permits (City of Auburn, Davis, Galt and Placer County)
CSPA Petition For Review: City of Auburn NPDES CSPA Petition For Review: City of Davis NPDES CSPA Petition For Review: City of Galt NPDES CSPA Petition For Review: Placer SMD#1 NPDES
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State Board cancels San Joaquin application
By Chris Shutes, CSPA Projects Director The Division of Water Rights of the State Water Resources Control Board has canceled the application of San Joaquin County to divert South Fork American River water through EBMUD’s Freeport diversion on the Sacramento River. The proposed application would have sent the water to Pardee Reservoir on the Mokelumne…
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CSPA Comments on Draft EIR for El Dorado Water Rights Applications
Chris Shutes, CSPA Water Rights Advocate CSPA has filed comments on El Dorado Water and Power Authority’s Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Supplemental Water Rights Project Acquisition of 40,000 Acre- Feet Per Year of New Consumptive Water Rights. Under the proposed project, El Dorado seeks to use water stored in reservoirs owned by the…
