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Overview April 24, 2014

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Aquafornia news October 16, 2018 The San Diego Union-Tribune

San Diego approves ban on polystyrene with grace period for small restaurants

San Diego joined 119 other California cities on Monday by banning polystyrene food and beverage containers, which have been blamed for poisoning fish and other marine life and damaging the health of people who eat seafood. … Nearly all national and regional restaurant chains long ago stopped using polystyrene, commonly called Styrofoam, in response to lobbying by environmental groups and backlash from customers concerned that foam isn’t biodegradable.

Aquafornia news October 15, 2018 The Orange County Register

Sewage spill contaminates Sunset Aquatic Marina, Portofino Cove in Huntington Beach

Orange County health officials barred ocean water-contact sports in Sunset Aquatic Marina and Portofino Cove in Huntington Beach due to a 1,000-gallon sewage spill on Sunday, Oct. 14. The contaminants originated from a sewer line blockage in Anaheim, according to a news release from the Orange County Health Care Agency’s Environmental Health division.

Aquafornia news October 12, 2018 The Riverside Press-Enterprise

Hemet sues Dow Chemical and Shell Oil over contaminated drinking water

Hemet has filed a federal lawsuit against Dow Chemical and Shell Oil seeking reimbursement for the cost of removing a cancer-causing chemical from the city’s water wells. According to its Sept. 21 suit, the contaminated wells have been tainted by TCP, a “highly toxic substance” used until the 1980s to fumigate soil where crops were grown.

Aquafornia news October 12, 2018 Monterey Herald

Artists build life-size blue whale out of plastic trash for Monterey Bay Aquarium

Blue whales, the largest animals known to ever exist, weigh as much as 300,000 pounds — equal to the weight of plastic waste that ends up in the ocean every nine minutes. That statistic helped inspire the Monterey Bay Aquarium to commission a pair of artists to create an 82-foot-long blue whale sculpture, which will be on display at Crissy Field in San Francisco starting Saturday, using hand-recycled plastic trash.

Aquafornia news October 12, 2018 Chico Enterprise-Record

Pit growing at former gas plant site in Oroville

Heavy equipment is digging a deep hole in the parking lot at Montgomery and Huntoon streets in downtown Oroville, trying to undo a bit of dangerous history. The location was the site of a manufactured gas plant that operated from 1876 to 1926, according to PG&E.

Aquafornia news October 10, 2018 Bloomberg Environment

Nets, Islanders’ arenas say goodbye to plastic straws

The next stop on Elton John’s farewell tour also marks the latest step in a growing sustainability trend—the venue he is playing won’t offer plastic straws at concession stands.

Aquafornia news October 10, 2018 San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco officials to test tap water across the city after Sunset District pesticide scare

A San Francisco woman who tested her tap water with a store-bought kit and got a positive reading for pesticides, then posted the results to social media, has prompted the city to step up water testing not just near her home in the Sunset District but across the city. Officials at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission insisted Tuesday, for the second day in a row, that municipal supplies are safe to drink.

Aquafornia news October 9, 2018 San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco officials running tests on drinking water after complaint about pesticides

San Francisco water officials said Monday night they’re testing drinking water in the city’s Sunset District after receiving a report from a customer who said her water “tasted funny.” Officials with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission said the tests are “out of an abundance of caution” and that they have no evidence of water quality issues.

Aquafornia news October 8, 2018 Circle of Blue

Millions in South Sudan rely on distant, dirty water sources

South Sudan’s ongoing civil war, which has flared since December 2013, continues to devastate water and sanitation access. In many areas, residents rely entirely on unimproved water sources, including rivers, swamps, and unprotected wells, many of which are shared with animals. Residents elsewhere in the country also report limited or no access to latrines.

Aquafornia news October 8, 2018 California Department of Water Resources

News Release: Pyramid Lake algal bloom caution advisory removed

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today [Oct. 5] removed a caution advisory that had been in effect since August 17 at Pyramid Lake in Los Angeles County. Water contact is allowed, but all recreational users should always avoid contact with blue-green algae. DWR lifted the caution advisory after detecting a reduced amount of microcystins for a second consecutive week at Pyramid Lake.

Aquafornia news October 5, 2018 EdSource

New California law requires day care centers to test for lead in water

A law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown will expand California’s requirement to test water in schools for lead to day care centers and pre-schools that serve nearly 600,000 children. The law marks the first time California’s day care centers have been required to test for lead in water. Only two other states require both K-12 schools and day care centers to do such testing.

Aquafornia news October 5, 2018 Chico Enterprise-Record

Storm drain trash to cost city $5 million plus

A price tag has been calculated for keeping Chico’s trash out of nearby rivers and streams: $5.4 million, plus $122,000 a year. The city is being required by the State Water Resources Control Board to implement a plan to capture the trash that washes into the city storm drain system, to keep it out of waterways.

Aquafornia news October 5, 2018 The Sacramento Bee

UC Davis irradiated beagles during the Cold War. Now it’s agreed to clean the laboratory landfill.

In the early years of the nuclear age, scientists at UC Davis began studying the impact of radiation on beagles in a laboratory complex a mile south of the main campus. The lab and an adjacent landfill became a Superfund site, a toxic stew of chemicals, contaminated soils and dangerous metals such as hexavalent chromium and strontium-90.

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US Environmental Protection Agency: US EPA, California settle with UC Regents over Davis Superfund site cleanup

Aquafornia news October 5, 2018 San Francisco Chronicle

Friday’s Top of the Scroll: California water woes: Ballot measure aims at solutions, but at a steep cost

The biggest ticket item on California’s November ballot, tucked between the governor’s race and local elections, is an $8.9 billion bond to help modernize California’s sprawling waterworks. The measure, which was authored by a former state water director, would fund scores of projects, from shiny new desalination plants to upgrades of old dams and aqueducts to restoration of tainted watersheds, including San Francisco Bay.

Aquafornia news October 4, 2018 KUNC

EPA to help schools test drinking water for lead

The Environmental Protection Agency is making $20 million available for states and tribes to voluntarily test drinking water for lead at schools and childcare facilities.

Aquafornia news October 3, 2018 NPR

Wednesday’s Top of the Scroll: ‘You just don’t touch that tap water unless absolutely necessary’

Americans across the country, from [BarbiAnn] Maynard’s home in rural Appalachia to urban areas like Flint, Mich., or Compton, Calif., are facing a lack of clean, reliable drinking water. At the heart of the problems is a water system in crisis: aging, crumbling infrastructure and a lack of funds to pay for upgrading it.

Aquafornia news July 21, 2014

Commentary: A Plan to Prevent Copper Pollution in Waterways is Fatally Flawed

From The Sacramento Bee, in a commentary by Linda S. Adams and Karen L. Hathaway:

As early as next month, the State Water Resources Control Board could take up the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board’s recommendation for the maximum level of copper particulates allowed in Marina del Rey, one of the largest man-made harbors in the world.

Aquafornia news June 18, 2014 Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Congress Shouldn’t Muddy the Waters on EPA’s Clean Water Act Rule

From the Los Angeles Times:

The Clean Water Act, which has been on the books since 1972, has slowed the degradation of the nation’s lakes, rivers and streams by blocking polluters from using waterways as sewers.

Aquafornia news May 27, 2014 Sacramento Bee

Editorial: California Needs to Clean Up Its Own Messes, Not Ship It to Other States

From The Sacramento Bee:

“California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control has acknowledged a basic lesson our parents teach: We need to clean up our own messes.”

L.A. River Spared in 10,000-gallon Atwater Village Oil Spill

From the Los Angeles Times:

“No crude oil from a 10,000-gallon spill in Atwater Village entered the L.A. River, officials said Thursday as they continued to clean up the slippery mess.”

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