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State Water Board Certification Affirms CSPA’s 10-year Advocacy on Butte Creek
The State Water Resources Control Board has issued a draft Water Quality Certification for the relicensing of the DeSabla – Centerville hydroelectric project on Butte Creek. The draft Certification requires Pacific Gas & Electric Company to construct a water temperature reduction device at a project reservoir, and then to stop diverting water from the Lower…
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CSPA Submits Comments on State Board SED for San Joaquin River Update
CSPA joined the California Water Impact Network, AquAlliance, Friends of the River and Restore the Delta in submitting extensive comments on the State Water Resource Control Boards Substitute Environmental Document for Phase I of the update of Water Quality Control Plan for the Delta. Phase I addresses flows in the San Joaquin River and South…
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Fact Sheet: BDCP and Fish Losses at the Pumps
CSPA has prepared a short fact sheet on fish losses at the State and Federal Project water export facilities in the South Delta. Proponents of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and its peripheral tunnels suggest that only by diverting water from the Sacramento River can the Delta be restored because of immense fishery losses…
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CSPA Settles Action Against Stockton Recycler for Failure to Comply with Previous Agreement
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act action against Stockton Recycling, Inc., for failure to comply with a previous settlement agreement for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Stockton Recycling operates three recycling facilities in Stockton, California. The facilities discharge polluted stormwater into the City of Stockton’s municipal storm drain system, which empties…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Stockton Manufacturing Facility
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against QBR Brake, Inc., for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. QBR Brake operates a brake manufacturing facility in Stockton California. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into Stockton’s storm drain system and thence into the San Joaquin River and Delta. The…
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