Friday, Sept. 2, 2016
State enters final weeks of Congress seeking success
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San Joaquin Valley lawmakers will hit Capitol Hill after Labor Day with bleak prospects for completing legislation once introduced with high hopes. But the tail end of the 114th Congress, which began in January 2015, could become another exercise in frustration, leavened by the occasional opportunity for success.
READ MORE ►The simultaneous occurrence of warm winters in the West and cold winters in the East has significantly increased in recent decades. The damaging and costly phenomenon is likely attributable to human-caused climate change, according to a new Stanford-led study.
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Scientists from UC Davis are deploying "robot larvae" into the ocean at Bodega Bay for a research project that carries implications for a range of issues, including managing marine protected areas, fisheries, invasive species and the impacts of climate change.
Sacramento Bee
Dinner for donors to Brown-backed campaigns, like Proposition 53
Davis Enterprise
Hope for Delta smelt could flow from the Yolo Bypass
Northern California Record
Appeal pending in Hughson farmer's Clean Water Act, WOTUS case
San Diego Coastkeeper
San Diego teachers turn local pollution into curriculum at Coastkeeper training
Los Angeles Times
EDITORIAL: Finally, progress towards a sustainable Salton Sea
LAist
JULIA WICK: President Obama is saving the Salton Sea in his spare time
Santa Barbara Independent
RAY STOKES: 25 successful years of state water in Santa Barbara County
Monterey Herald
ROSS CLARK: Why restoring wetlands makes sense
Marin Independent Journal
PRESTON BROWN: Marin County ignoring coho-harming development
Valley News
MARK SLAVENS: Even though water restrictions lifted, conservation should be a way of life for Californians
Riverside Press-Enterprise
EDITORIAL: Lawsuit doesn't hold water; talk out differences
WaterWorld
Nature-inspired water tech bags Thai students Stockholm Junior Water Prize
WIRED
Florida’s flood control says not today to Hermine
The Guardian
Cleaning the world's water: 'We are now more polluted than we have ever been'
National Geographic
Clinton reveals what she will do to protect coast and ocean if elected
WEF News
WEFTEC opening general session to focus on creating the future of water
GreenBiz
D.C. stormwater credit could be a role model for other cities
NPR
Northeast farmers grapple with worst drought in more than a decade
Treatment Plant Operator Magazine
Wastewater beer? The craze is spreading
U.S. EPA
EPA issues order to New York City requiring citywide plan for addressing sewer backups
Post Register
Idaho seeks approval to regulate water pollution
Colorado Independent
More people, less water? Fewer Coloradans seem to care
Reuters
U.N. worried La Niña will worsen 'dire' drought in Somalia
UW Today
Plants’ future water use affects long-term drought estimates
The Water Blog
What is non-revenue water? How can we reduce it for better water service?
National Geographic
Industrial chemicals accumulating in America’s alligators and Africa’s crocodiles
KSBW Salinas
Morgan Hill wildfire halted before reaching million-dollar homes
Monterey Herald
CPUC all-day session focuses on desal project review, public criticism
Lake County Record-Bee
Clearlake installs system to eliminate wastewater biosolids
Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
Monitoring marine debris on Sonoma's coastline
San Francisco Chronicle
Google aims to build bridges with wetlands project
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Lead testing in Hacienda Heights slowed by legal issues, low participation
Malibu Times
Malibu's water conservation numbers have dropped to half what they were one year ago
Valley News
Lake Elsinore in uncharted waters due to algae bloom
Santa Barbara Independent
Water agencies duel over 'dead pool'
KGTV San Diego
Service restored after major water main break in Miramar
Orange County Register
Yorba Linda Water District voters have lots of decisions to make
Tehachapi News
Neisler new GM for Tehachapi-Cummings County Water District
News Mirror
Yucaipa group enjoys a tour of the Seven Oaks Dam facilities
Stockton Record
Arguing Stockton's case against Delta tunnels plan
Sacramento Bee
Old pipe removal may require less American River flow
Valley Voice
Tulare County supervisors vote to join Greater Kaweah GSA
Porterville Recorder
Hookups continue in East Porterville, but residents still slow to sign up
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Hawaii island taken off hurricane watch as Lester swings north
KITV Honolulu
City may add staff at sewage facilities during storms
Honolulu Civil Beat
Ige on water protection: Don't stop at Papahanaumokuakea
Lihue Garden Island
Water conservation requested for Eleele, Port Allen
KUAM Guam
Solution possibly found for contaminated water wells
Fiji Times
Public urged to redouble water conservation efforts
Saipan Tribune
PacIOOS launches new website >> CHECK IT OUT
Highlights from 20th Lake Tahoe Summit
Celebrating its 20th year, the annual summit has become an important yearly gathering of federal, state, and local leaders dedicated to restoring and sustaining Lake Tahoe.
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