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  • Large coalition of interest groups send letters to State Water Board and US EPA urging the feds to step in and set new Bay-Delta water quality standards by the end of 2017

    Large coalition of interest groups send letters to State Water Board and US EPA urging the feds to step in and set new Bay-Delta water quality standards by the end of 2017 Maven April 8, 2016 Wednesday, a large coalition of conservation, fishing, recreational, and tribal organizations sent letters to the State Water Resources Control…

  • A Chaotic Mess: State Water Board Suspends Delta Tunnels Deadlines

    https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/03/30/18784680.php by Dan Bacher Wednesday Mar 30th, 2016 7:01 PM The State Water Resources Control Board announced on March 29 that they are suspending the upcoming deadlines for the California Water Fix/Delta Tunnels water rights change petition in response to a request by the state and federal water agencies to extend dates and deadlines for…

  • Jerry Brown’s water-stealing Delta Tunnels plan is collapsing

    http://redgreenandblue.org/2016/03/29/jerry-browns-water-stealing-delta-tunnels-plan-is-collapsing/ By Dan Bacher Governor Jerry Brown’s California WaterFix to Build the Delta Tunnels, a $60-billion plan to divert California’s $15+ billion waterstealing “WaterFix” boondoggleSacramento River water to corporate agribusiness interests, Southern California water agencies, and oil companies conducting fracking and extreme oil extraction methods, is “broken” and in “chaos.” That’s the assessment of a…

  • Delta smelt population plunges to a new record low

    https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/03/10/18783858.php by Dan Bacher Thursday Mar 10th, 2016 7:30 PM The population of Delta smelt, an indicator species that demonstrates the health of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, has declined to a new record low population level, according to the spring 2016 surveys conducted by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). The January…

  • Stockton Isn’t Flint: Keeping Drinking Water Safe in the Delta

    https://www.kcet.org/redefine/stockton-isnt-flint-keeping-drinking-water-safe-in-the-delta Dezaraye Bagalayos February 29, 2016 Stockton is embroiled in controversy over a proposal to change the way it disinfects North Stockton’s drinking water. Some observers, such as celebrity environmental activist Erin Brockovich, charge that the city’s proposed switch from chlorine to chloramines poses a serious public health risk similar to that seen in Flint,…