Monthly Archives: January 2008

Book: California Water II by Solano Press

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Larry

I am please do let you all know that Solano Press has their new water book out – CALIFORNIA WATER II For those of use who work in water, fishery, and forestry resources, this book will be a great help … Continue reading →

How to Construct Rain Gardens to Save Water

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Larry

Rain Gardens BY VALERIE SUDOL If you haven’t heard of rain gardens yet, it’s time to catch up with the latest way to give purpose to your plantings. Briefly defined, a rain garden is a shallow basin filled with native … Continue reading →

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Water Collection Alternatives in Santa Rosa

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Larry

While the City of Santa Rosa has significant problems to contend with in dealing with their own Treated Wastewater NPDES permit, impaired conditions on Santa Rosa Creek and the Laguna de Santa Rosa, and management of their current Stormwater Plan; … Continue reading →

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S.C. GP Deliberations Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2:15 pm

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Larry

Hello all- This Tuesday is the beginning of the end of the Sonoma County General Plan! Please come out to remind the Supervisors that they are being watched! Tuesday, January 15th at 2:15, in the Board of Supervisors chambers, 575 … Continue reading →

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Time Is Running Out To Conserve Water

Posted on January 14, 2008 by admin

San Francisco Chronicle By Nealan Afsari, Bay Area attorney and former broadcast news writer Among the environmental catchphrases we hear these days, like “climate change” and “global warming,” the less uttered phrase “water conservation” needs to be injected back into … Continue reading →

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Comment on Is Water Wasting to the Sea?

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Larry

Just as I sent out the announcement for the book CALIFORNIA WATER, the Governor, in his state of the State address, said we need to do something about water wasting to the sea. As the State has just noticed its … Continue reading →

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Take Action for Northcoast Rivers and Salmon

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Larry

Dear supporters of our North Coast Rivers and Salmon: A US Senate vote will happen very soon on S.1472, the North Bay Water Reuse Program Act (Feinstein, Boxer). This project would send some 22-30,000 acre feet of recycled water, originally … Continue reading →

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Customers Sought for Treated Wastewater

Posted on January 8, 2008 by admin

By BLEYS W. ROSE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Laguna Wastewater Plant Sonoma County Water Agency representatives are knocking on doors in the Guerneville and Forestville areas in search of landowners willing to have treated wastewater sprayed on their property. The search … Continue reading →

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The IRWP

Posted on January 8, 2008 by admin

From the OWL Foundation The Incremental Recycled Water Project (IRWP) is a plan to dump “treated” sewage in the Russian River, the Geyers hotsprings and also in large, open reservoirs. This “treated” water, which is dangerous, will then be used … Continue reading →

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Meeting on Pipeline Project in West Sonoma County

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Larry

From Brenda: In a message dated 1/5/2008 1:47:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, rrwpc-1@comcast.net writes: Hi everyone! Here’s the agenda (pasted below) for the Camp Meeker Rec & Park Dept. this coming Tuesday. There is a very important discussion on the … Continue reading →