Sacramento Must Upgrade Sewage Plant California’s Water Resources Control Board has upheld a regional water board’s direction that Sacramento must clean up treated wastewater it discharges into the Sacramento River. The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District was ordered December 4…
Court Favors A Small Fish
SANTA ANA RIVER Court Favors A Small Fish A federal judge last month upheld a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to double the Southern California area considered critical to the survival of the endangered but tiny algae-eating Santa Ana sucker…
Tough Sewage Rules Affirmed
SACRAMENTO Tough Sewage Rules Affirmed Two years after the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District was ordered by regional regulators to greatly clean the treated quality of wastewater discharged into the Sacramento River, the State Water Resources Control Board has reaffirmed…
Voters Reject Hetch Hetchy
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Voters Reject Hetch Hetchy Draining Study San Francisco voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to launch a formal study into eliminating Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park, the most vital but equally controversial…
New USBR Regional Director Named
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Regional Director A new U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Regional Director will soon be on the job but the Friant Water Authority will continue to see a great deal of his predecessor. David Murillo, a Deputy Reclamation…
Around Friant and the Valley
SUCCESS DAM Safety Concerns Shifted Thirteen years after its growing Success Dam seismic safety concerns began leading to Lake Success capacity constraints, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has shifted its primary worry to the spillway and potential for flood…