Tuesday, March 14,
2006
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— Bond/Infrastructure
Governor proposes water storage plan
(Sacramento
Bee, 3/14) " In
an effort to break the infrastructure deadlock, Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger has offered up a $500 million surface water storage
plan in which the Legislature would be asked to pick from three
proposed projects, according to Republican and Democratic legislators. "
No deal on historic bond plan
(Desert Sun, 3/14) " A
last-ditch attempt to put the largest bond measure in California
history on the June ballot appeared to be failing after the Senate's
leader cited several problems with the bill and one of his aides said
there was "no chance" the Senate would vote on it Monday night. "
Bond talk runs into $1 billion dam (Stockton Record, 3/14) " Negotiations
continued Monday over the details of a proposed $49 billion bond that
would widen roads, expand classrooms, purchase parks and repair
levees, but the talks remained jammed over whether to build
California’s first new dam in nearly 30 years. "
Hope dims for getting a bond accord
(Sacramento Bee, 3/13) " California's
infrastructure bond plan skidded off the road early Saturday when Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative Republicans ran away from a
$48.6 billion package that Democratic leaders laid on the table almost
at the stroke of midnight. "
Politics aside, fixing infrastructure should be easy (Sacramento
Bee, 3/13) Column: " Putting
together a rational infrastructure improvement program for California
would not be difficult were petty politics set aside, as they should
be. "
— Water
Supply/Water Treatment
Recycled water project okayed by L. A. board
(West Basin Municipal News
Release, 3/13) "The
proposal to increase the use of purified recycled water to protect
local drinking water sources from saltwater intrusion has been
approved by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board. "
OCSD: First milestone for secondary treatment
(OCSD News Release, 3/13) " The
Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) will celebrate a significant
milestone when it dedicates a new secondary treatment facility. "
Wasteful Mexico City hosts water summit
(San Francisco Chronicle, 3/13)
Thanks to John Dickerson for this one: "Mexico
City is plagued by an almost diabolical combination of floods and
water shortages, rising sewage and sinking water tables. What better
place for world leaders to come together to discuss how to better
manage water? "
Stakes are high as officials review valley's rules
(Modesto Bee, 3/13) " Congress
rewrote the Central Valley's water rules in 1992. Now, those rules are
getting a second, third and fourth look. "
Bill would alter law on selling water plant
(The Desert Sun, 3/13) " After
failing last year to get Capitol help in buying a Palm Springs waste
water treatment plant, the Desert Water Agency is back this year with
a different bill that could make such a transaction easier in the
future. "
North Livermore strains to provide irrigation
(Contra Costa Times, 3/13) " Strawberries
thrive here, but only on a 5-acre patch that -- unlike most of thirsty
North Livermore -- gets enough well water to be irrigated at a
reasonable cost. "
Seaside spends $1 million-plus in litigation fees
(Monterey Herald, 3/12) " With
Peninsula cities getting what they wanted when a watermaster board was
formed to oversee the Seaside Basin aquifer, the question on a lot of
people's minds was: How much did Seaside pay to get what it wanted? "
—
Mercury Contamination
—
Surface Water/Wetlands
Chain of ocean reserves considered for state Under
the Marine Life Protection Act of 1999, California would be the first
state on the West Coast to establish a chain of marine reserves. The
parks would serve as nurseries to replenish fish and other sea life
depleted by more than a century of commercial and sport fishing, state
officials said Monday.
Water board ruling complicates BART project (Inside Bay Area, 3/14) " A
project central to the city's BART station development plans suffered
a setback when state regulators rejected the city's plan to offset the
loss of wetlands. "
Dark in the Delta
(Sacramento Bee, 3/13)
Editorial:
" As
populations of fish that live year-round in the Sacramento-San Joaquin
Delta continue to dwindle to record low numbers, there have been two
wildly different political responses. "
Water
works
(Davis Enterprise, 3/13) " To
talk about flooding as an issue in Yolo County is to recognize that,
in short, it sits in the middle of several water bodies and is home to
a handful of systems moving significant amounts of water. "
Stream of Conscience: A useless dam on the Carmel River keeps
steelhead from their spawning grounds
(Monterey County Weekly, 3/10)
Thanks to Jim Graham for this one: "About
20 miles up the Carmel River from the sea there is a steep canyon with
fragrant walls of chaparral and stout-bearded oak that few have ever
laid eyes on. It is one of the most beautiful sections of a very
beautiful river. "
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