“The Senate’s proposed drought package will help ensure safe and affordable drinking water for all Californians who are most at risk during drought and makes significant investments in proven water supply solutions, like improving water use efficiency and water recycling. This package steers California in the right direction as we face dry conditions this year and prepare for more frequent and severe droughts as a result of climate change.” Tracy Quinn
, Director of California Urban Water Policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council
“We applaud Senate President Pro Tem Atkins for bringing a comprehensive drought package to the Legislature that recognizes the critical needs people and nature are confronting in California right now,” said Jay Ziegler, Policy Director for The Nature Conservancy. “The budget plan will help ensure that safe, affordable drinking water is available to all Californians, while also providing immediate investments in science to measure droug
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Sean de Guzman, chief of DWRâs Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Section, carries the measure tape to the next sampling point for the third snow survey of the 2020 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Helping with the survey are Lauren Miller, engineer DWRâs Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Section and Ramesh Gautum, Chief California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program. The survey site is approximately 90 miles east of Sacramento off Highway 50 in El Dorado County. Photo taken January 2.
Jonathan Wong / California Department of Water Resources
By Jake Abbott /
jabbott@appealdemocrat.com Dec 28, 2020
Representatives from the Yuba Water Agency plan to meet with members of the State Water Resources Control Board today to discuss certain requirements imposed by a recent water quality certification that is expected to cost the agency anywhere from $500 million to $1 billion to implement in order to continue operations along the Yuba River, which resulted in Yuba Water filing a lawsuit in both state and federal court in November.
The State Water Board is considering an amendment to clarify some language in the certification, which is the item that will be discussed at todayâs board meeting. Yuba Water General Manager Willie Whittlesey said itâs possible that the amendment is trying to set up an argument that can be used in court that both of the agencyâs lawsuits should be dismissed, and that it addresses a need â allowing additional time to file petitions for reconsideration of the certification â that doesnât exist.