The complex web of federal, state and local water-quality rules has recently become even more stringent, as was on display at a roundtable Wednesday in Santa Rosa that brought together more than two dozen local regulators, municipal officials and construction industry professionals to tackle what’s changed and what’s posing problems. The event, hosted by the Northern California Engineering Contractors Association and the North Coast Builders Exchange, revealed an evolving regulatory landscape for protecting streams, creeks and rivers from runoff of sediment, oils and other pollutants from construction sites.

Other water policy news:

• The Fresno Bee (Calif.): Opinion: New California law will set valley water targets. Can we meet the goal?