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SLO receives $6.6 million grant to clean up contaminated groundwater

Written on 11 Mar, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The California State Water Resources Control Board issued a $6.6 million grant for a city of San Luis Obispo project intended to clean up contaminated groundwater. Presently, the city does not use groundwater for its drinking water... (Continue reading)

California regulators working on water rules for pot grows

Written on 3 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The California State Water Resources Control Board has released draft water regulations for growing marijuana in attempt to reign in the environmental damage that pot farms have caused and prepare for a new wave of legal cannabis grows. As required... (Continue reading)

Government on the hook for water diverted for endangered fish

Written on 15 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

After a federal court judge ruled that the government must pay for depriving a property owner of their water rights, the California State Water Resources Control Board extended the time to finalize its Bay-Delta Plan. The Bay-Delta-Plan includes mandates to... (Continue reading)

Monning, Cunningham push for water board loan to Paso Robles

Written on 26 Dec, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Correction: The recycled water is intended to go to the agricultural community, not to an agricultural facility. In a display of bipartisanship, Central Coast representatives Democratic State Senator Bill Monning and Republican Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham are asking the State Water... (Continue reading)

Environmental group sues state over Price Canyon oil wells

Written on 6 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

An environmental group says California regulators are negligent in protecting the state’s groundwater amid an historic drought and shouldn’t allow new oil and gas wells in Price Canyon without the proper environmental reviews, according to a lawsuit filed on Aug.... (Continue reading)

California to relax water conservation rules

Written on 10 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Local agencies in California may soon be allowed to relax or even eliminate water conservation mandates imposed on them by the state. However, Gov. Jerry Brown is also ordering that some water conservation rules become permanent statewide. [LA Times] Last... (Continue reading)

SLO County cities meeting water use mandates

Written on 2 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Six of the seven cities in San Luis Obispo County are meeting their water conservation targets set by California regulators, according to data released by the State Water Resources Control Board. One city, Grover Beach, did not submit its water... (Continue reading)

California may fine water district $1.5 million

Written on 21 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A Northern California water district with water rights dating back to 1914 may face a record $1.5 million fine. [LA Times] Regulators with the State Water Resources Control Board have drafted a proposal to fine the Byron-Bethany Irrigation District. If... (Continue reading)