Tuesday, January
3, 2006
Quote of the Day:
"Each of us
needs to realize the enormity of the debt we owe to the past, so
that we can be proud of who we are in the present and can work
for a better life for our children who are yet to come."Maya Angelou
Born on this Day:
J.R.R. Tolkien, Dabney Coleman,
Victoria Principal,
On this Day in 1496: References in Leonardo da
Vinci notebooks suggested that he tested his flying machine. The
test didn't succeed and he didn't try to fly again for several
years.
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Today's News
— Water Supply
Cannery Row may get its own desal plant (Monterey Herald, 1/2) "At
an unusual special meeting squeezed between holidays, a Monterey
County commission cleared the path Tuesday for a private developer to
build a desalination plant on Monterey's Cannery Row. "
Encina power station sale will not
affect desal plant plans (NC Times, 12/31) " The
proposed sale of the Encina Generation Station will have little effect
on planning and construction of a seawater desalination plant at the
same Carlsbad facility, a company official said Friday. "
Pajaro/Sunny Mesa
District
to take over a portion of Monterey County water supply (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/29)
Thanks to Jim Graham for this one: "The
Pajaro/Sunny Mesa Community Services District will operate a portion
of northern Monterey County's water supply, taking away 6,000
customers from Alisal Water Corp., which was found to be in violation
of the Safe Drinking Water Act in June 2004 and slapped with a
half-million dollar fine by a San Jose court. "
S truggle
to quench state's thirst for water (Contra Costa Times, 12/29)
" Two
out of every three Californians get at least some drinking water from
the Delta. In a state of 37 million people, one in every four gallons
of water consumed by the state's farms, factories and people comes
from the Delta. "
Critical San Diego County projects inching along
(NC Times, 12/31) " Many
county leaders and regional water officials thought that 2005 would be
the year they finalized huge steps to improve fire protection and
public safety, solidify the region's future water supply, and hammer
out new plans to guide building and development. "
Local districts endorse water plan for state
(Daily Press, 12/29) " Two
local water districts have approved resolutions to support a plan
that, if approved by the office of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, would
address every major water issue the state will face in the future. "
—
Wet Suits
—
CalFed
— Water Quality
UAE
working to rid drinking water of chemical linked to cancer (Associated Press, 1/2)
Thanks to
Mark
Moss for this one: " Water
authorities in the emirate of Abu Dhabi are working to rid drinking
water of elevated levels of bromate, a chemical thought to cause
cancer in humans, health experts told The Associated Press. "
Dam drains water quality (SB Sun, 1/2) "The
water flowing from the rugged canyons northeast of San Bernardino was
renowned for its purity, clarity and abundance. But now, that
once-pure water resembles chocolate milk, meaning higher costs for
water suppliers and possibly higher water rates for the region's
consumers.
$18 million targeted for water quality monitoring
(EPA News Release, 12/31) " The
Environmental Protection Agency announces its plans to allocate the FY
2006 increase of $18 million for national water quality monitoring.
These funds supplement an existing allocation of approximately $200
million annually to support state, interstate agency, and tribal
programs to combat water pollution. "
Rancho California District prefers removing arsenic (NC Times, 12/29) " The
board of directors of the Rancho California Water District is expected
to make a decision on how to reduce the arsenic level at a well on
Solana Way on Jan. 12. "
—
The Delta
—
Dams and Levees
—
Wastewater/Recycled Water
Voters in Kern County seek to block sludge (LA Times, 1/2) " Voters
in Kern County have moved toward slamming the door on the city of Los
Angeles' practice of trucking its treated sewage sludge to farmland it
owns in the rural county, forcing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to
consider waging an expensive campaign or pony up millions more to
truck the stuff to Arizona. "
BBARWA draft EIR comment period coming to a close (BBARWA News Release, 1/2) "Under
the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act, the Big
Bear Area Regional Wastewater Agency is accepting comments on the
Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for their Recycled Water
Master Plan which includes the study of groundwater recharge. "
$200,000 fine for dumping
waste into L.A. sewer (LA Times, 12/31) " A
Sun Valley aerospace company was ordered Thursday to pay more than
$200,000 in fines for illegally dumping nickel and other hazardous
waste into the Los Angeles city sewer system. "
Two contractors move to quit sewer project (SLO Tribune, 12/31) "Two
major contractors have either terminated their contracts or begun to
withdraw their workers and equipment from the Los Osos sewer project,
citing nonpayment by the community's services district and a loss of
funding for the $150 million construction project. "
Power plant wastewater no threat, study finds
(Mercury News, 12/24) " San
Jose's environmental director found no evidence of increased health
risks from using recycled wastewater to cool Calpine's new Metcalf
power plant, according to a city staff analysis released Thursday. "
—
Ellen Stern Harris
Ellen
Stern Harris, 76; Activist who helped establish state's Coastal
Conservation Act (LA Times, 1/3)
" Ellen
Stern Harris, the aggressive conservationist considered to be the
mother of the California Coastal Conservation Act of 1972, who was an
original member of the commission it established, died Monday. She was
76. "
Longtime activist
Ellen Stern
Harris dies (Beverly Hills Citizen News Release, 1/2)
" Ellen
Stern Harris, a longtime activist on behalf of the environment, good
government and many other public-interest causes, passed away on
January 2, 2006, after a battle with cancer that sapped her body but
not her spirit. She was at home with her family and friends. "
Saluting a pioneering environmentalist (LA Times, 12/12)
" Decades
before voter initiatives joined death and taxes as the only
certainties in California, Ellen Stern Harris invited a group of
environmental activists concerned about rapid growth along the state's
coastline to sit around her dining table and fashion the framework for
Proposition 20. "
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