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The Porter-Cologne Act (California Water Code, Section 7) was created in 1969 and is the law that governs water quality regulation in California. The legislation bears the names of legislators Carley V. Porter and Gordon Cologne. [1] It was established to be a program to protect water quality as well as beneficial uses of water.
The executive order comes after Trump initially promised in 2016 to redirect California’s water runoff south to help farmers and growers in Central Valley. In 2020, then-President Trump issued a ...
President Trump directed U.S. government agencies to override California’s water policies as needed — slamming the state’s handling of the Los Angeles region’s wildfires in an executive ...
The California Water Plan (Water Plan) is the State of California’s long-term strategic plan for managing and developing water resources throughout the state. The Water Plan is mandated by California Water Code Sections 10004–10013, [ 1 ] and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is required to update the plan every five years ...
After the aqueduct was completed in 1913, the San Fernando investors demanded so much water from the Owens Valley that it started to transform from "The Switzerland of California" into a desert. [11] Mulholland was blocked from obtaining additional water from the Colorado River, so decided to take all available water from the Owens Valley.
“It would mean the loss of California's most important wild salmon runs, devastating impacts on salmon fishing jobs, enormous degradation in Delta water quality,” said Barry Nelson, a policy ...
More: Trump's California water order takes aim at Newsom, troubled Delta smelt This is the president's second water-related executive order and another attempt to mandate water from northern ...
The Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) is a research institute focusing on the coastal ecosystems of Southern California from watersheds to the ocean. SCCWRP was created as a joint powers authority (JPA), which is an agency formed when multiple government agencies have a common mission that can be better achieved by ...