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Aquafornia news April 26, 2022 Los Angeles Times

California wildlife officials bust white sturgeon poaching ring

Nine people were arrested by state wildlife police on suspicion of poaching, selling animals on the black market and other offenses after a sprawling investigation by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the agency said. Eight men were arrested on suspicion of poaching white sturgeon from Sacramento Valley waterways, the department said last week. A ninth man was arrested on suspicion of selling Dungeness crab and red abalone on the black market. 

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Aquafornia news April 26, 2022 YourCentralValley.com

New technology helps find water underground in California

California is deploying cutting-edge technology that can ‘see’ underground water. A giant electrified ring suspended from a helicopter will make a never-before-seen picture of a world beneath our feet. Wells in the Valley are running dry. Drilling deeper is more expensive and sometimes still fails to find water. When it does, water quality is often worse, containing minerals like arsenic.

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  • Salt Lake Tribune: As water supplies dwindle, Wash Co. seeks to pump aquifer
  • Circle of Blue: What’s Up With Water — April 26, 2022
  • University of Utah: How to assess a community’s resilience
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Aquafornia news April 26, 2022 UC Davis

New research: Pathogens can hitch a ride on plastic to reach the sea

Microplastics are a pathway for pathogens on land to reach the ocean, with likely consequences for human and wildlife health, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. The study, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, is the first to connect microplastics in the ocean with land-based pathogens. It found that microplastics can make it easier for disease-causing pathogens to concentrate in plastic-contaminated areas of the ocean.

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  • National Geographic: Microplastics are in our bodies. How much do they harm us? 
  • Chico State Today: Student Fly-fisherman Casts His Line Into Researching Local Creeks
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Aquafornia news April 26, 2022 CalMatters

Lawmaker says farmworkers need drought aid

A Democrat lawmaker from the central San Joaquin Valley wants to put cash in the hands of eligible farmworkers to help them deal with the devastation of California’s drought.  Proposed by State Sen. Melissa Hurtado, a Democrat from Sanger, Senate Bill 1066 would allocate $20 million to create the California Farmworkers Drought Resilience Pilot Project, a state-funded project that would provide unconditional monthly cash payments of $1,000 for three years to eligible farmworkers, with the goal of lifting them out of poverty.

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  • Agri-Pulse: Rice industry brace for tough times ahead
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Aquafornia news April 26, 2022 NRDC

Blog: Delta voluntary agreements are a “plan to fail” in droughts

Rather than planning for droughts and ensuring that minimum water quality objectives are achieved in critically dry years, the proposed voluntary agreement appears to be a “plan to fail” to protect the Delta in future droughts.  Droughts are a fact of life in California, even as climate change is making them worse.  The Governor’s Water Resilience Portfolio recognizes the need to improve drought preparedness, requiring that the State to be able to protect fish and wildlife during a six year drought …

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Aquafornia news April 26, 2022 Reuters

Tuesday Top of the Scroll: California desalination plant hits regulatory hurdle

A proposed California desalination plant that would produce 50 million gallons of drinking water per day failed a crucial regulatory hurdle on Monday, possibly dooming a project that had been promoted as a partial solution for sustained drought. The staff of the California Coastal Commission recommended denying approval of the Huntington Beach plant proposed by Poseidon Water … [and] said the project was more susceptible to sea-level rise than was understood when it was first proposed more than two decades ago.

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  • Orange County Register: Coastal Commission staff says Poseidon’s ocean-to-tap water plant should not be built
  • Associated Press: Report urges California panel to deny desalination plant
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Aquafornia news April 26, 2022 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

News release: Miguel Rocha named Reclamation’s chief of dam safety

Miguel Rocha, P.E., was selected as the Bureau of Reclamation’s chief of dam safety. Rocha will oversee the Dam Safety Program, which evaluates existing dams for safety concerns and implements proactive solutions for dams across Reclamation. In this new role, Rocha oversees responsibility for Reclamation’s 360 high hazard potential dams. Failure or improper operation of a high hazard potential dam could result in loss of life or significant economic loss.

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Aquafornia news April 26, 2022 Best Best & Krieger

Blog: White House Council on Environmental Quality finalizes first phase of NEPA regulation revisions

The White House Council on Environmental Quality has reversed three key Trump administration changes that govern how federal agencies implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The rule, published on April 20, 2022, finalizes what the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) called “Phase One” of their effort to review and revise the Trump administration’s July 2020 overhaul of the NEPA regulations, and follows a proposed rule that CEQ issued for public comments last fall.

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Aquafornia news April 25, 2022 Long Beach Post

Long Beach commission may further limit watering yards amid drought

The Long Beach Water Commission may upgrade the city’s water shortage level next week, which would bring with it new restrictions on when residents can water landscaping. Updating the city’s water shortage stage comes as California heads toward its third straight year of drought. The proposal to go to Stage 2, which would limit landscape irrigation to two days per week year-round, would take the city back to water conservation rules not seen since June 2016.

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  • KPIX Oakland: Drought emergency – East Bay MUD considers surcharges, penalties to curb excessive water usage
  • CBS San Francisco: California drought - April showers won’t bring an end to local water restrictions
  • Camarillo Acorn: Camarillo - Greater water restrictions imminent
  • Turlock Journal: Newsom proposes additional $2 billion for water conservation 
  • Marin Independent Journal: Editorial - Marin needs more than rain, conservation to secure water supply
  • KPIX: Drought Emergency - East Bay MUD Considers Surcharges, Penalties To Curb Excessive Water Usage
  • KRON Contra Costa County: Contra Costa County introduces water restrictions
  • Fox 40 Folsom: Folsom Lake levels improve, drought conditions still an issue
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Aquafornia news April 25, 2022 Nature

New research: A hybrid machine learning approach for estimating the water-use efficiency and yield in agriculture

Water resources are declining in many regions of the world. Due to climate change, increased air temperatures, and reduced precipitation, we will face a decline in water resources in the future. … Lampinen et al investigated soil and plant data and evapotranspiration for irrigation management of walnut trees in California, USA. Fernandes-Silva, by examining the effect of different irrigation regimes (dryland irrigation with 30% and 100% water requirement) on yield and WUE of olive, reported that crop evapotranspiration (ETc) is the most influential parameter in changes in fruit yield. 

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Aquafornia news April 25, 2022 SJV Sun

Bill to aid farmworkers jilted by drought effects advances in Calif. legislature

A new bill aimed at bringing relief to farmworkers affected by the drought is now one step closer to becoming law. The bill, introduced by Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D–Sanger), aims to provide financial assistance to farmworkers struggling to afford basic necessities. Wednesday it passed in a state senate committee, four to one. Senate Bill 1066 aims to create a program called the California Farmworkers Drought Resilience Pilot Project. The project is a state-funded supplemental pay program that would give eligible farmworkers $1,000 for three years.

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Aquafornia news April 25, 2022 Delta Stewardship Council

Report: Delta Science Program: 2022 – 2026 Science Action Agenda

The Delta Science Program is excited to release the 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda (SAA). Developed by and for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta science community, the 2022-2026 SAA builds on the progress of the 2017-2021 iteration to prioritize and align science actions to meet management needs, foster collaboration and coordination, and guide science funding. It will serve as a roadmap for the allocation and integration of investments through research, time, and resources. 

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Aquafornia news April 22, 2022 CBS Sacramento

9 arrests made after investigation into Sacramento River sturgeon poaching

A total of nine people have been arrested after an investigation into a large suspected sturgeon poaching operation along Sacramento Valley waterways. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife says the investigation started as two separate cases, but a connection between the suspects led them to uncovering the larger operation.

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  • CA Department of Fish and Wildlife: Major Sturgeon Poaching Operation Nets Nine Suspects
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Aquafornia news April 22, 2022 Los Angeles Times

State audit slams powerful water agency for workplace discrimination, harassment and more

A powerful agency that is a vital source of water for millions of Californians has left its employees exposed to harassment, engaged in unfair hiring practices and allowed employee housing in blistering desert outposts to deteriorate, a state audit found. Auditors launched their review after a Times investigation last year found a pattern of complaints alleging harassment and bullying of women at the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which operates the sprawling 242-mile Colorado River Aqueduct system that delivers drinking water to households and businesses in Southern California.

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Aquafornia news April 22, 2022 The Sacramento Bee

Can I get help with my overdue water bill in California?

New guidelines were released in early April for a federally funded program meant to help low income families pay their outstanding water bills. The Low Income Household Water Assistance Program is part of an emergency effort to respond to the economic impacts caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In California, the Department of Community Services and Development is the designated agency responsible for overseeing the program. The finalized state plan defines the scope of the program and how it will be implemented.

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Aquafornia news April 22, 2022 Water Education Colorado

La Niña likely to continue, intensifying drought, wildfires; snowpack hits 91% of average

As warm spring winds whip the Eastern Plains, sapping soils of moisture, and the state’s reservoirs sit at below-average levels, water managers got more bad news Tuesday: this two-year drought cycle could continue through the summer and into the fall leading the state into its third year of below-average snowpack and streamflows and high wildfire danger. Looking ahead the weather pattern known as La Niña, which has created the intense drought of the past two years, is likely to continue, according to Peter Goble, a climate specialist with Colorado State University’s Colorado Climate Center.

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Aquafornia news April 22, 2022 Associated Press

California hikes costs for flood protections in farm country

Climate change is worsening the already significant threat of flooding in California’s farm country, and state officials said Thursday that as much as $30 billion may be needed over three decades to protect the region, an increase from five years ago. Every five years, flood protection plans are updated for the Central Valley, where about 1.3 million people live at risk in floodplains. State officials released a draft of the latest update that calls for investing in levees, maintenance and multi-benefit projects that recharge aquifers and support wildlife while enhancing flood protection.

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  • California Department of Water Resources: Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Update Released
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Aquafornia news April 22, 2022 The Associated Press

California Senate OKs lower standard for indoor water use

Mired in an extreme drought, California lawmakers on Thursday took the first step toward lowering the standard for how much water people use in their homes — a move that won’t be enforced on individual customers but could lead to higher rates even as consumption declines. California’s current standard for residential indoor water use is 55 gallons per person per day…. The California Senate voted 28-9 on Thursday to lower the standard to 47 gallons per person per day starting in 2025; and 42 gallons per person per day beginning in 2030. The bill has not yet passed the Assembly, meaning it is still likely months away from becoming law. 

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Aquafornia news April 21, 2022 Water Education Foundation

Announcement: Big Day of Giving is nearly here! Help us continue our work with a donation!

Big Day of Giving is in just two weeks, but you can make a donation now to help the Foundation continue its work to enhance public understanding about the most important natural resource in California and the West — water. Big Day of Giving is an annual 24-hour online event aimed at raising funds for nonprofits and highlighting the good work they do. You can make your Big Day of Giving donation from now until midnight May 5.

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Aquafornia news April 21, 2022 Monterey Herald

Pure Water Monterey source water questioned by businesses

A group of business interests that have been historic cheerleaders for a Monterey Peninsula desalination project has written a letter to officials at Pure Water Monterey, the provider of potable recycled water along the Monterey Peninsula, questioning the adequacy of source water for it and a planned expansion of the project, questions Pure Water Monterey says it has already answered. The Pure Water Monterey project is key to helping solve the Peninsula’s chronic water shortages as state regulators have significantly scaled back the amount of water that can be pumped from the Carmel River.

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