Monthly Archives: May 2007

CA Water Code on Potable Water Uses

FYI – Attached are provisions of the Calif. Water Code (Sections 13550 – 13554) which states that using potable water for certain nonpotable purposes, including cemeteries, golf courses, parks, highway landscaped areas, and industrial and irrigation [of residential landscaping] uses; … Continue reading

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Groundwater Resources Symposiums

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION of California Groundwater Law Conference June 1, 2007 – San Francisco This event will feature presentations and discussion by California’s foremost legal experts on timely and important groundwater law topics including: recent changes in the law affecting … Continue reading

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L.A. Water Conservation Story

How about re-running this SJ Mercury News article in the PD? It’s an object lesson for Sonoma County Water Agency and it customers, as well as the rest of the cities and water districts, which still aren’t meeting LA standards … Continue reading

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L.A. No Longer Water Hog?

By Julie Sevrens Lyons San Jose Mercury News 5/2007 LOS ANGELES – For years, Southern Californians had a reputation that’s been difficult to shake: Water hogs. Resource stealers. Movie stars filling up their swimming pools and washing their fancy cars … Continue reading

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Water Conservation for Petaluma

As Petaluma progressed with its new General Plan 2025, it came up short of water, just like the county. Petaluma staff and City Council have now concluded that “water supply from SCWA alone is not sufficient to meet current and … Continue reading

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California Public Records Act

Ok this is a tool you should all be familiar with and comfortable using. Below is a posting to a link to help reporters and the public get to the public’s records: http://www.cfac.org/content/index.php/cfac-records/index/ In quest for records, preparation is best … Continue reading

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Russian River Flow

Dear Mike, et al, Would it be possible or legal for the Water Agency, or the Army Corp of Engineers, to manage the flow in the Russian River a bit more precisely so as to balance the fluctuating needs of … Continue reading

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Dry Year, Red tape May Lower Flows in River

By Barry W. Dugan, Managing Editor, Sonoma West Times & News Citing the prospect of a nearly empty Lake Mendocino and a dry Russian River by late fall, the Board of Supervisors voted this week to petition state water officials … Continue reading

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State Okays Lower Flow for Russian River

By GUY KOVNER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Citing an “urgent need” to preserve the water supply in Lake Mendocino during an abnormally dry year, the state Water Resources Control Board on Wednesday approved a plan to reduce the summertime flows in … Continue reading

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“Future of Water in Sonoma County” forum

Hey Water Lovers (that’s everybody)! There’s a “Future of Water in Sonoma County” forum this Wednesday, May 23, sponsored by the SR Democratic Club and Sonoma County DFA.  A panel of knowledgeable speakers will give us the lowdown. I’ve included … Continue reading

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