Wednesday, January
4, 2006
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Russian River
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This is a picture at Davis Bynum Winery near Healdsburg as
the Russian River started rising on December 30, 2005. Twelve
hours after this picture was taken, the sign was under
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Today's News
— Water Supply
—
Floodwater and Levees
Edgerly Island is OK, but levees in bad shape
(Napa Valley Register, 1/3) " One
of Napa County's most flood prone areas, Edgerly Island, has weathered
the current storm pretty well, but in the words of Kevin Joell, the
levees there are 'at high risk for failure.' "
State levees survive storms
(Mercury News, 1/4) " A
string of drenching weekend storms left Northern California
communities with damage topping $200 million, led to two deaths and
prompted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday to declare disaster
areas in an additional 16 counties. "
Flood-control system worked well, state says (Associated Press, 1/4)
" A
string of drenching weekend storms left Northern California
communities with damage topping $200 million, led to two deaths and
prompted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday to declare disaster
areas in an additional 16 counties. "
DWR: Twitchell Island flood fight (DWR News, 1/4) Video .
" This
dramatically graphic video (shot by Mark Lambert of the Public Affairs
Office, Film/Video Unit on Sunday, January 1, 2006) shows overtopping
of the Twitchell Island levee system during a period of high water and
very strong southwesterly winds in the Sacramento/ San Joaquin Delta. "
River reroutes itself near pump station (Auburn Journal, 1/4) " The
American River rushed over its diversion levee at the Auburn dam site
and two local reservoirs are spilling after a weekend weather system
poured more than six inches of rain in Auburn. "
Hamilton City levee holding (Chico ER, 1/4) " The
rushing Sacramento River dropped by more than seven feet at Hamilton
City Tuesday, but is expected to rise to monitoring stage again -- 143
feet -- by this afternoon. "
Intensity of storms' second wave surprises forecasters
(Sacramento Bee, 1/3) " Drenched
and wind-blown already, the Sacramento region endured another lengthy
soaking Monday while an assortment of crews spent the day sandbagging
levees, repairing deadened power lines, clearing toppled trees from
streets and parks, and unplugging sewer drains. "
Bay Area soaked, fierce storm moves on
(San Francisco Chronicle, 1/3)
" Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency Monday in seven
soggy Northern California counties, making them eligible for millions
of dollars in disaster aid to fix roads, bridges and other public
facilities ruined by the weekend's storms. "
In Napa, humor was only thing that was dry
(Sacramento Bee, 1/3) " James
Armstrong's sense of humor may be offbeat, but on Monday it was
helping him get through the grim task of removing the dozens of pieces
of new furniture, appliances and household belongings damaged by what
has been dubbed here as the New Year's Eve Flood. "
Inland Empire coping with rain, winds
(San Bernardino Sun, 1/3) " The
same storm system that soaked Pasadena's Tournament of Roses Parade on
Monday intensified when it hit the Inland Empire, killing at least one
motorist on Interstate 15, downing trees and power lines in Redlands
and Colton, and flooding mountain neighborhoods in Crestline and Lake
Arrowhead. "
Nearly 9,000 homes still without power in SLO
(San Luis Obispo Tribune, 1/3)
" More
than 8,600 homes and businesses are without power this morning in San
Luis Obispo County, following a stormy weekend that pounded residents
with heavy rain and wind. "
— Clean Water Act
— Water Quality
—
Wastewater
Escondido fined for water treatment (SD Union Tribune, 1/4) " A
state water board has fined the city $1.8 million for numerous
water-quality violations at its Hale Avenue sewage treatment plant. "
S.D. cuts its number of sewage spills in half (SD Union Tribune, 1/4)
" San
Diego cut its sewage spills in half from 2004 to 2005, pushing the
total to its lowest number since such record-keeping started nearly
two decades ago, according to figures released by the city yesterday. "
Sludge ban catches county's attention
(NC Times, 1/4) " Area
leaders are watching closely as Kern County voters prepare to consider
a measure that would stop Los Angeles from dumping sewage sludge on
farms in the Central Valley county. "
Sewage spills close Pismo and Avila beaches
(San Luis Obispo Tribune, 1/4)
" Pismo
Beach and Avila Beach have been closed after heavy weekend storms
caused more than 90,000 gallons of sewage to spill and wash into the
ocean. "
Storm-driven sewage leaves miles of shoreline north of border unfit
for human contact
(NC Times, 1/4) " Storm-driven
sewage out of Baja California left miles of shoreline just north of
the U.S.-Mexico border unfit for human contact Tuesday, authorities
said. "
Tracy wastewater facility getting upgrade (Tri-Valley Herald, 1/3)
"Flying
under the radar is the $65 million expansion of the Tracy Waste Water
Treatment Plant at the north end of the city, and it's part of a $120
million project over the next several years to increase capacity. The
upgrades are funded with fees paid by developers. "
—
Events
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