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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Watsonville Landfill
On 5 March 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue to the City of Watsonville for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The City operates a 50-acre landfill that discharges polluted stormwater to Gallighan Slough, the Pajaro River and ultimately…
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CSPA Protests State Board’s Drought Urgency Order
CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance have filed a formal protest against the State Water Resource Control Board’s (State Board) Order Approving a Temporary Urgency Change in License and Permit Terms and Conditions Requiring Compliance with Delta Water Quality Objectives in Response to Drought Conditions (Order). The Order essentially waives compliance with established water quality standards and…
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CSPA Submits Comments on Industrial General Permit
On 4 March 2014, CSPA submitted additional comments on the latest draft of the revised General Industrial Stormwater Permit to the State Water Resources Control Board. The permit regulates the discharge of polluted stormwater from over 9,000 industrial facilities in California and is scheduled for adoption at the Board’s 1 April meeting. Over the last…
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CSPA, Coalition Protest State Water Contract Provisions
On 3 March 2014, CSPA and a Coalition of environmental, fishing and tribal groups wrote Mark Cowin, Director of the Department of Water Resources (DWR), asking they he deny proposed changes in the water supply contracts that would shift fish and wildlife mitigation costs incurred by the State Water Project to the state’s General Fund…
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CSPA Adopts Drought Position Paper
CSPA, along with the California Water Impact Network and AquAlliance, have adopted a general drought position paper. The paper points out that, while drought occurs approximately 40% of the time in California, there is sufficient water for our cities, responsible and sustainable agriculture and fisheries and wildlife if its not wasted and inequitably distributed. The…
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