More than a decade in the making, the regulations adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board represent a landmark in the quest to reclaim some of the hundreds of millions of gallons of waste discharge that flows out to sea unused each year, supporters say.
California cities can once again ban synthetic turf under a law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed. However, he rejected a bill to ban the chemical PFAS that is in that turf.
A bill requiring a countywide vote before individual water districts can detach from an agency passed the Assembly on Tuesday, but it won't prevent residents of Fallbrook and Rainbow from voting on Nov. 7.
The San Diego County Water Authority filed suit Monday to stop the rural Fallbrook and Rainbow water districts from leaving the county system, citing environmental harm under the California Environmental Quality Act.