Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club and Los Padres ForestWatch Protest Filed to Save California Watersheds From Dangerous Fracking Drilling Poised to Move Forward Without Thorough Environmental Review SACRAMENTO, Calif. – July 18 – The Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club and Los Padres ForestWatch filed a formal protest today to stop the Bureau of Land […]
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Action on a Bill Curbing Impacts from Natural Gas Fracking
Jane and All, I will wait then to write the letter of support but really we must do something here and even if we just get basics on the book, it can be strengthened with litigation or amendment. I have pasted below the “fact sheet” his office sent me. Keep in mind that 1-5 million gallons […]
Read MoreComment on Groundwater Deplection Detected From Space
Some great research and data is evolving on mapping groundwater depletion. Unfortunately, ACWA’s (Assoc. of Calif. Water Agencies) response to groundwater depletion is totally misguided – ‘if you look too closely at it, someone will want to regulate it. In the meantime, let’s pump like there’s no tomorrow.’ I suspect that a similar response would […]
Read MoreGroundwater Depletion Is Detected From Space
By FELICITY BARRINGER May 30, 2011 Scientists have been using small variations in the Earth’s gravity to identify trouble spots around the globe where people are making unsustainable demands on groundwater, one of the planet’s main sources of fresh water. They found problems in places as disparate as North Africa, northern India, northeastern China and […]
Read MoreNews Blackout on Clearing Redwoods for Vineyards
I thought I would share a letter sent to the Press Democrat who blatantly had a story blackout on a crucial issue for Sonoma County–clearcutting hundreds of acres of redwoods to put in more grapes for wine making while the rest of the state and country had the story covered. Shameless. –Larry Dear Editor: Newspapers […]
Read MoreLetter to Supervisor Carrillo on Hobbs’ Clearcuts
Dear Mr Carrillo, As a 40 year resident, landowner and voter in Sonoma County I am deeply disturbed at the recent destruction of trees by Mr Paul Hobbs and his associates in the Highway 116 corridor. His actions show that he has little respect for the well-being of our landscape and water supply, the opinions […]
Read MoreRovics’ New Song on Fracking (Natural Gas Mining)
Hi folks, Hope you’re not tired of hearing from me, but when I make a new song I figure it’s worth sending out to everybody… This one is an evil practice known as hydraulic fracturing, which is ruining lives, land and water (not to mention a lot of private property) throughout the US and Canada, […]
Read MoreGroundwater storage to save the coho
Mary Anderson, Redwood Times Posted: February 23, 2011 The fifth session of the Bureau of Land Management lecture series took place under rainy conditions at the BLM office on Tuesday evening. The four inches of rain that came with the first storm of February brought local water courses up, but by the time September comes, […]
Read MoreAmoebas in Drinking Water
a Double Threat Analysis reveals widespread, hidden contamination by the sometimes lethal parasites Amoebas – blob-shaped microbes linked to several deadly diseases – contaminate drinking-water systems around the world, according to a new analysis. The study finds that amoebas are appearing often enough in water supplies and even in treated tap water to be considered […]
Read MoreRemoving Arsenic from Drinking Water
ScienceDaily (Mar. 7, 2011) — Pioneering technology by scientists at Queen’s University Belfast, which is transforming the lives of millions of people in Asia, is now being used to create safer drinking water in the United States. The award-winning system — Subterranean Arsenic Removal — removes arsenic from groundwater without using chemicals. It was developed […]
Read MorePsst… Groundwater and Surface Water Do Mix
FELICITY BARRINGER An article published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters this week describes a new and simple way of measuring groundwater’s contribution to small streams on the surface. Sinking land levels in the San Joaquin Valley in California. By taking snapshots of streams with a device designed to capture, through infrared radiation images, the […]
Read MoreDraining Our Rivers Dry, Will Parrish, Mar. 3, 7 pm
To All, Here is a worthwhile event on how our streams are being dewatered destroying salmonids and other wildlife. –Larry The North Coast Wine Industry: Draining Our Rivers Dry Thursday, March 3, 2011, 7:00 p.m. Gualala Arts Center Investigative reporter, Will Parrish Friends of the Gualala River sponsors a special public presentation on Thursday, March 3, 7:00 […]
Read MoreHow Small Mostly Conservative Towns Have Found the Trick to Defeating Corporations
TARA LOHAN – AlterNet If your community is considering selling its water, or privatizing its access to its water, YOU MUST, organize against this. It is going to become a crucial issue in the next several decades, as water becomes a bigger and bigger issue, and those civic entities who have made such Faustian bargains […]
Read MoreGroundwater Management and Monitoring in the Russian River
Hi Larry, I don’t know if you are aware of this meeting but thought you might like to know. Lisa Carr Dear Grower, On February 28, 2011 there will be a workshop for growers in Mendocino and Sonoma Counties on Groundwater Management and Monitoring in the Russian River from 1-4 pm at the Clos du […]
Read MoreINEFFICIENT WATER USE IS UNREASONABLE WATER USE
To All, “DELTA WATERMASTER SAYS INEFFICIENT WATER USE IS UNREASONABLE WATER USE” On Wednesday Delta Watermaster Craig Wilson presented a report to the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) suggesting it should flex its power to enforce California’s Reasonable Use Doctrine more broadly across the state. Wilson specifically referenced a clause in the doctrine which […]
Read MoreRising Seas and the Groundwater Equation
By FELICITY BARRINGER Worldwide overpumping of groundwater, particularly in northern India, Iran, Mexico, northeastern China and the American West, more than doubled from 1960 to 2000 and is responsible for about 25 percent of the rise in sea level, according to estimates in a new study by a team of Dutch researchers published in Geophysical […]
Read MoreWater Resources of the U.S.—National Water Information System (NWIS) Mapper
Here is a link to get water resources anywhere in the United States–the National Water Information System Mapper: –Larry http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/nwisgmap/
Read More“Gasland” Type Video on Natural Gas Fracking
For those who didn’t see the documentary film, “Gasland”, here is an 11 minute news report on the same subject: http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=5846 Robert
Read MoreWorkshops Scheduled on Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Planning
Workshops Scheduled on Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Planning Santa Rosa, CA -Three educational workshops on groundwater in the Santa Rosa Plain will be held this fall and winter. The first workshop on Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Planning will take place Wednesday, November 17, 6:30-9 p.m. at the Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building. The forums will […]
Read MoreGreen Valley Creek Water Resources Public Meeting-Nov. 30
Green Valley Creek Water Resources Public Meeting – Tuesday, November 30, 6 pm The Russian River Coho Water Resources Partnership (Patnership) is pleased to announce a public informational workshop to share what we have been enaged in to support local water supply and conservation issues in the Green Valley Creek Watershed. The Partnership is comprised […]
Read MoreSanta Rosa Plain Groundwater Basin Planning Workshop Nov. 17
Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Basin Planning Workshop November 17 About the Workshop The Sierra Club, Sonoma County Water Coalition and League of Women Voters are sponsoring a workshop to inform interested parties about groundwater planning currently under consideration. Workshop Date and Location The workshop will be held on November 17, 2010, from 6:30-9:00 p.m. located […]
Read MoreUrban Water Management Plan Session for Santa Rosa–Nov. 8
At 2:30 there will be a study session addressing the preparation of the Urban Water Management Plan, a state-required document that includes demand projections. How much water will Santa Rosa officially request for future growth? This will take place in the SR City Council Chambers on Tues. Nov. 9th. Brenda
Read MoreFrost Regulation Public Meeting at Water Board
To All, There will be a public meeting at the NCRWQCB (North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board) at 5550 Skylane Blvd. (adj. to airport) on November 17, 2010 from 3 to 5 p.m. on regulating for Frost Protection. Stream diverters will be there in force to call for a relaxed policy. –Larry
Read MoreA Fracking Disaster in the Making
Blasting shale rock with toxic fluid can release riches in natural gas, but threatens critical water supplies. Andrew Nikiforuk, TheTyee.ca October 15, 2010 The earth-shattering exploitation of deep deposits of shale rock for natural gas production has broken global records in northeast British Columbia and now threatens critical water supplies across the country, warns a new […]
Read MoreGeophysical Paper on Groundwater
This is another sound scientific reason for promoting transpiration in our Redwood forest system, ag reuse and indirect discharge instead of surface water discharge. Bob Rawson Here is an AGU news release about a paper that will be published in Geophysical Research Letters in the near future http://www.agu.org/news/press/pr_archives/2010/2010-30.shtml The authors estimate that transfer of groundwater […]
Read MoreKLAMATH RIVER WATER QUALITY STANDARDS APPROVED
The RB is already working on it – and a Dairy WDR and Waiver too. Hi all,I have heard it said for many years by a number of folks, including staff with the NCRWQCB, that after the Klamath TMDL is done, the Russian TMDL is next. Anyone have the latest heads up on this reality […]
Read MoreSonoma County Board of Supervisors Meeting
Tuesday at the BOS: SPECIAL DISTRICTS REGULAR CALENDARSONOMA COUNTY WATER AGENCY23. Water Supply Strategies Action Plana. Consider staff presentation and public input on the draft Water Supply Strategies Action Planb. Approve the Water Supply Strategies and direct the General Manager to complete the Water Supply Strategies Action Plan, incorporating any changes requested by the Board. Also […]
Read More“Chinatown II”? Water Bank Sued as Wells Go Dry
Kern Co. Districts, Others Say Key Deals were Illegal. Mark Grossi / The Fresno Bee September 05, 2010 A story worthy of Hollywood will soon unfold in California courtrooms — allegations of government corruption and corporate greed to rival the infamous Los Angeles water grab that inspired the film “Chinatown.” Call it “Chinatown II,” a tale […]
Read MoreSUPPORT FOR SB565 (PAVLEY)
Sent this e-mail today to Assemblymembers Chesbro & Evans. I urge others to do the same. — Jim SUPPORT FOR SB565 (PAVLEY) – My wife and I live on Mark West Creek, major tributary to the Russian River, We have been here for 42 years. In their 1965 Stream Flow Assessment and Fish Count, CDFG […]
Read MoreSupport Senate Bill 565 on Water Diversions
Please call Assemblymembers Wes Chesbro and Noreen Evans and ask them to support Senate Bill 565 by Senator Fran Pavley on the Assembly floor this week. SB 565 would:• Provide the State Water Resources Control Board with adequate authority to investigate and stop unlawful diversions of water; • Modernize the penalties for unlawful use and […]
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