State Water Resources Control Board – Page 5

Energy Poverty Coming with Bill to Require 3,200-foot Setbacks Around Oil and Gas Wells

August 30, 2022 2:50 amAugust 29, 2022 7:26 pm

Senate Bill 1137, gut-and-amend legislation by Democrat Senators Lena Gonzalez and Monique Limón, would require 3,200-foot mandatory setbacks around California oil and gas wells. Really disconcerting is “the bill would authorize the State Air Resources Board, and the State Water Resources...

Cal EPA Asserts Shockingly Broad Domain Over Private Property

July 20, 2022 7:29 amJuly 21, 2022 12:17 pm

Legend has it that Jed Clampett “was shootin’ at some food / When up through the ground come a bubblin’ crude.” The Beverly Hillbillies’ transformation into instant millionaires illustrates one of the oldest conceptions in the western world: What’s on...

California Farm Water Coalition Warns Domestic Food Supply In Peril with State Cutting Water

May 25, 2022 11:08 amMay 25, 2022 11:09 am

The California Farm Water Coalition issued a dire statement Tuesday warning that California’s agriculture industry and food supply is in peril because of restricted agriculture water supplies. “Today’s State Water Board emergency water conservation regulation continues to demonstrate how serious...

Department of Water Resources Announces $49 Million of Water Infrastructure Projects Across State

March 5, 2022 2:45 amMarch 7, 2022 7:52 am

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced on Friday that $49 million has been allocated for a new round of local assistance to help stave off drought and improve water infrastructure as the third drought year begins to head...

State Reduces Water Usage By 1.8% in July, Far Lower Than the 15% Reduction Target

September 22, 2021 2:29 amSeptember 21, 2021 6:29 pm

According to new findings by the State Water Resources Control Board and the Department of Water Resources on Tuesday, Californians only reduced water usage statewide by an accumulative 1.8% in July, despite Governor Newsom’s urging that month to hit the...

State Water Resources Control Board Announces That 6,600 Farmers May Have Water Shut Off

June 17, 2021 2:40 amJune 16, 2021 7:40 pm

The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) cautioned 6,600 farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed on Tuesday that they may have water shutoff until winter. This years drought, which Governor Gavin Newsom has already declared an emergency in...

Facing Dry Year, CA State Water Board is Draining California’s Folsom Lake Reservoir

May 24, 2021 2:15 amMay 25, 2021 10:56 am

Following the Globe article Friday about the state draining reservoirs even with the dry year California is facing, we noted that California’s largest reservoirs less than two years ago were absolutely teeming with water from 107% to 145% of average....