December 16, 2011, 11:55 AM
It started in 2001 and mostly affected the very young and very old. Peoples’ hair would fall out, their skin would break out in rashes and their eyes would turn red after showers. “That was how people were hurt on the outside,” said Horacio Amezquita, manager of the San...
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November 29, 2011, 12:05 AM
A new report suggests that California agriculture already uses water efficiently and disputes the notion that conservation could free up large amounts of water for other uses. Increasing water efficiency would generate only 330,000 acre-feet per year of new water, according to the study [PDF...
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October 4, 2011, 12:05 AM
Calexico residents and community advocates will push for greater attention to the New River – considered the country’s most polluted waterway – at a public hearing tomorrow on Border 2020, a new bilateral plan to address the environmental and health problems at the U.S.-Mexico...
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May 3, 2011, 12:05 AM
Two years ago former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have made access to clean water a legislative mandate. Now community advocates and legislators are trying again. The Human Right to Water package – consisting of six bills – would expand efforts to improve...
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April 15, 2011, 12:06 AM
A dozen Southern California water districts have announced their intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for setting aside acreage the districts say is unnecessary to support the survival of a threatened fish, the Santa Ana Sucker. “Water agencies are successfully conserving the...
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March 25, 2011, 12:05 AM
Water quality regulators in the Central Valley and Central Coast regions are weeks away from voting on the first comprehensive requirements governing groundwater quality under farms. Farmers are balking at the rules, but environmental groups say they aren't nearly strong enough to protect...
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February 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
Policymakers should rethink the way they are approaching California's water crisis, from preserving habitats for endangered wildlife to encouraging urban conservation programs, according to a book released yesterday by a slate of scientists and policy experts from the state's major...
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November 24, 2010, 12:06 AM
If you’re an invertebrate, a report released last week by the California Water Boards is going to send chills down your, ahem, notochord. But, because you’re reading this, you’re probably not a shrimp or daphnia-like species. And in that case, take what you will from the...
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September 17, 2010, 12:05 AM
Vermillion Valley Resort is a cluster of wooden structures at the end of a narrow, boulder-dodging track that climbs east into the High Sierras from Shaver Lake. It’s named in honor of what is said to have been a glorious Alpine meadow, now lost. In 1954, the Vermillion Valley was...
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August 6, 2010, 12:05 AM
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan for a $11.4 billion state water bond – conceived last summer in the third year of a crippling drought – is on the bubble, as the San Diego Union Tribune’s copy desk has punned. The ballot measure was intended to restore the collapsing...
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August 2, 2010, 12:05 AM
Even without climate change, much of California is at high risk of water demand exceeding supply by 2050, according to a report released this month. The National Resources Defense Council commissioned environmental consulting firm Tetra Tech to perform an assessment of water supply and demand...
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July 9, 2010, 12:05 AM
California’s State Water Resources Control Board chose Craig M. Wilson, an attorney at Stoel Rives LLP, to fill the newly created Delta watermaster position. Wilson was the state water board’s chief council from 2000 until 2005. According to a press release from the water board, he...
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May 14, 2010, 8:05 PM
Millions of Californians have been exposed to harmful levels of nitrates in their water over the past 15 years. Many rely on private wells that have no public health oversight, while cities have spent millions on water treatment plants.
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May 13, 2010, 10:05 PM
Millions of Californians have been exposed to harmful levels of nitrates in their water over the past 15 years. Many rely on private wells that have no public health oversight, while cities have spent millions on water treatment plants.
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May 13, 2010, 9:50 PM
Find out how some families and schools live with contaminated water, what possible treatments could be and more about how water becomes contaminated.
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