Monthly Archives: May 2009

CWA Impaired Water Bodies 303(d) and Russian River First Flush

FYI, Northcoast Water Board public meeting on CWA Impaired Water Bodies 303(d) and Russian River First Flush Meeting Announcement – Agenda 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 3, 2009 8:30 a.m.,  2. Public Hearing on Resolution No. R1-2009-0047 to consider whether to … Continue reading

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Northcoast Waterboard Meeting-Waivers on THPs

FYI, Northcoast Waterboard meeting announcement on Waivers on THPs  THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009 8:30 A.M.  6. Public Hearing on Order No. R1-2009-0038 to consider Categorical Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for discharges related to Timber Harvest Activities on Non-Federal Lands … Continue reading

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Clean Water Restoration Act Update

Latest Buzz on the Clean Water Restoration Act Last week the Obama Administration sent a letter to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Chairman Boxer urging enactment of legislation to clarify the scope of Clean Water Act jurisdiction in the wake of the … Continue reading

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CWN’s Briefing, Water Crises and Factory Farms

   To All, Mark Your Calendars for a Clean Water Network: CAPITOL HILL BRIEFING & RECEPTION Factory Farms: The Dark Side  First briefing in CWN’s National Series on   “America’s Water Crisis” WHEN: JUNE 2, 2009, 2-4 PM  (Please note a reception will follow … Continue reading

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Grape-growing vs. Wastewater in Wine Country

Clark Mason, Press Democrat, 2009 When Jason Passalacqua, a Dry Creek Valley winery owner, heard about a plan to use highly treated wastewater to irrigate his vineyards, he thought it was a good idea. “When I first heard about reuse, … Continue reading

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Opinion: Is it really Grape-growing vs. Wastewater in Wine Country?

The Press Democrat story describes some very critical water quality issues that will have to be addressed in the North Bay Water Reuse Authority Project, as well as in the North Sonoma County Agricultural Reuse Project. Over the past several … Continue reading

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Russian River Low Flows Meeting in Guerneville

Hi Brenda: Below is the agenda and list of speakers.  For publicity, we are running a public notice in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, West County Gazette, and Sonoma West.  We have also included the meeting date in our most … Continue reading

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Clean Water Restoration Act Action

Clean Water Restoration Act Moves Closer to Mark-Up – Your Help is Needed!   Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Chairman Barbara Boxer (CA) has stated her intent to move the Clean Water Restoration Act (S.787) to mark-up.  Yesterday at an EPA budget briefing with Administrator … Continue reading

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Estrogen Threatens Minnow Manhood Released into an Ontario Lake as an Experiment, Tiny amounts of the Hormone Wreak Havoc on Male Fish

MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT, ENVIRONMENT REPORTER May 22, 2007 Back in the summer of 2001, a team of Canadian and U.S. researchers spiked a lake in Northwestern Ontario with traces of synthetic estrogen used in human birth control pills. They then repeated … Continue reading

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Effects of a Synthetic Estrogen on Aquatic Populations: a Whole Ecosystem Study

Principle Investigator: Karen Kidd Freshwater Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Contributing Partner(s): Scott Brown, Environment Canada Mark McMaster, Environment Canada David Findlay, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Jack Klaverkamp, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Vince Palace, Department of Fisheries and … Continue reading

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