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Under the Federal Clean Water Act and the state's pioneering Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act the State Water Board has regulatory authority for protecting the water quality of nearly 1,600,000 acres (6,500 km 2) of lakes, 1,300,000 acres (5,300 km 2) of bays and estuaries, 211,000 miles (340,000 km) of rivers and streams, and about ...
The department was created in 1956 by Governor Goodwin Knight following severe flooding across Northern California in 1955, where they combined the Division of Water Resources of the Department of Public Works with the State Engineer's Office, the Water Project Authority, and the State Water Resources Board. [1]
The EchoWater Projects consists of 12 projects that are primarily funded by California’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund that contributed $1.6 B and the State Water Resources Control Board. Monetary aide from these two entities will save Sacramento area customers from high interest costs to their monthly bill statements.
If approved by the Water Board later this year, the proposed regulations would require about 400 urban water suppliers to shrink their water use budgets and tailor conservation goals to local ...
Sacramento Suburban began trying to merge with the nearby San Juan Water District, which provides water to 150,000 residents in Sacramento and Placer counties. By 2015, the entire San Juan board ...
With California expecting its water supply to dwindle, new state conservation rules will encourage water suppliers to conserve 500,000 acre-feet, or 162.9 billion gallons, annually by 2040 ...
Around 70% of the water came from the Sacramento River and the American River while about 29.5% was groundwater and 0.5% was bought from another water district. There are two drinking water treatment plants, including the Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant that is located near the Sacramento State campus and drawing water from the American River ...
The state water board knows California is facing a hotter, drier future, but it's letting urban utilities ignore appropriate 'water budgets' for a decade or longer. Opinion: California has to ...