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Aquafornia news July 22, 2014 San Jose Mercury News

‘Water Cops’ Being Hired By Bay Area Agencies to Root Out Water Waste

From the San Jose Mercury News:

California’s worsening drought and mandatory new state water rules are prompting Bay Area water agencies to beef up their conservation staffs — the employees sometimes called “water cops.”

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Aquafornia news July 22, 2014 Sacramento Bee

Q&A: City of Sacramento Watching for Water Run-off, Watering Violations

From The Sacramento Bee:

With California in a severe drought, the State Water Resources Control Board ruled last week that some cases of water waste could be treated as criminal infractions. … The Sacramento Bee asked Sacramento utilities director Dave Brent how the city was dealing with the state’s latest ruling.

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Aquafornia news July 22, 2014 Desert Sun

Coachella Valley Residents Change Habits During California Drought

From The Desert Sun:

In the midst of one of its worst droughts in decades, Californians are being told to cut back on water use or pay a price. Many Coachella Valley residents say they are doing their best to comply.

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Aquafornia news July 22, 2014 Pacific Institute President Peter Gleick’s National Geographic Science Blog

Blog: Why Has Response to California Drought Been So Weak?

From Pacific Institute President Peter Gleick’s National Geographic Science Blog:

In the past few weeks, I have had been asked the same question by reporters, friends, strangers, and even a colleague who posts regularly on this very ScienceBlogs site (the prolific and thoughtful Greg Laden): why, if the California drought is so bad, has the response been so tepid?

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Aquafornia news July 22, 2014 Stockton Record Alex Breitler Environment Blog

Blog: ‘Better Pay Attention to Your Mail’

From the Stockton Record Alex Breitler Environment Blog:

[Dante] Nomellini pointed out at a meeting last week that farmers or other water users who fail to respond to curtailment notices could face fines.

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Aquafornia news July 21, 2014 Sacramento Bee

California’s New Water-waste Penalty Also Applies to Government, But Who Will Enforce It?

From The Sacramento Bee:

In a little-noticed provision of the regulations adopted Tuesday, the State Water Resources Control Board declared that public agencies – in addition to individuals and businesses – can be prosecuted for a criminal infraction and fined $500 per day for certain categories of water waste.

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Aquafornia news July 21, 2014 Fresno Bee

Drought Drying Up Small Central Valley Farmers’ Future

From The Fresno Bee:

This time of year, May Vu’s farm in Sanger should be carpeted with blooming flowers and a bounty of vegetables. But a failing irrigation pump and a nearly empty well have dried up Vu’s farm and with it, her source of income.

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Aquafornia news July 21, 2014 Los Angeles Times

California Drought Will Only Get Worse, Experts Say

From the Los Angeles Times:

California is probably headed into a deeper drought this summer, making it harder to escape in the future, an expert says.

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Aquafornia news July 21, 2014 San Francisco Chronicle

Drought Hinders State’s Emissions Goals

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

No state has done more than California to fight global warming. But a deepening drought could make that battle more difficult and more expensive.

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Aquafornia news July 21, 2014 Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)

ACWA’s Tim Quinn Discusses New State Regulations on PBS News Hour

From the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA):

The recent mandatory water restrictions put in place by the state were the topic of an interview on July 16 by Judy Woodruff during the PBS News Hour of Timothy Quinn, ACWA Executive Director, and Craig Miller of KQED. Much of the focus of the interview was on just how serious the drought is and why the regulations are necessary right now.

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Aquafornia news July 21, 2014 Los Angeles Times

Lake Morena Caught in Crosshairs of San Diego’s Water Policy

From the Los Angeles Times:

[Lars] Mitchell, 52, a contractor, has succinctly hit upon twin facts that have driven San Diego County water policy for 70 years: the region does not own most of its water supply, and water is often a zero-sum business — for every winner there must be a loser.

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Aquafornia news July 21, 2014 Sacramento Bee

American River Parkway Fires Bigger and More Frequent

From The Sacramento Bee:

The American River Parkway is the crown jewel of Sacramento … It is also bone dry, and causing unprecedented headaches for area firefighters this year.

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Aquafornia news July 21, 2014 Stockton Record

Abundant Algae Fouling San Joaquin River Potentially Toxic

From the Stockton Record:

A state official confirmed Friday that a potentially toxic form of blue-green algae is blooming in the San Joaquin River. It’s unknown whether this is the same algae greening up the waterfront area only a few miles away.

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Aquafornia news July 21, 2014

Commentary: Coalition Forms to Manage California’s Groundwater

From the Los Angeles Times, in the Capitol Journal column by George Skelton:

So let me get this straight: The state government is telling us we can’t hose down the driveway and should feel guilty about watering the lawn. But it’s OK for somebody to pump all the groundwater he wants?

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Aquafornia news July 21, 2014

Blog: Drought, Temps Melt Glaciers; Mud Blows Out River

From the San Francisco Chronicle, in a post by Tom Stienstra:

Hot weather and continued drought this week is having a series of landmark effects on glaciers, rivers and streams across California’s high country:

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Aquafornia news July 18, 2014 Los Angeles Times

Friday’s Top of the Scroll: 80% of California is Now in Extreme Drought, New Data Show

From the Los Angeles Times:

More than 80% of California is now in an extreme drought, according to new data by the National Weather Service.

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Aquafornia news July 18, 2014 Associated Press

California Drought Doesn’t End Brown Lawn Warnings

From the Associated Press:

On the same day the state approved mandatory outdoor watering restrictions with the threat of $500 fines, the Southern California couple received a letter from their city threatening a $500 penalty for not watering their brown lawn.

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Aquafornia news July 18, 2014 San Francisco Chronicle

Wasting Water? Fear Ratting Neighbors, Not Relentless Cops

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

If you decide to spray-wash your driveway in the middle of the drought, God forbid, the cops aren’t likely to show up at your doorstep. It’s more likely your neighbor will rat you out.

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Aquafornia news July 18, 2014 Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Lower Flows in Russian River Sought to Protect Supply in Lake Mendocino

From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat:

Desperate to save plummeting water reserves in Lake Mendocino, a Mendocino County water agency is lobbying the state to dramatically reduce the amount that must be released downstream into the Russian River for fish and people.

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Aquafornia news July 18, 2014 Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Editorial: Drought Denial Must End

From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat:

The ill effects of California’s drought keep piling up like tumble weeds on a dusty desert plateau.

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