Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 114, Supplement 1, April 2006 Tyrone B. Hayes, Paola Case, Sarah Chui, Duc Chung, Cathryn Haeffele, Kelly Haston, Melissa Lee, Vien Phoung Mai, Youssra Marjuoa, John Parker, and Mable Tsui Laboratory for Integrative Studies in Amphibian Biology, Department of Integrative Biology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Group in Endocrinology, and Energy and […]
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Storm Water Permit Comments Due Monday Noon
Hi everyone! This is a heads up that Storm Water Permit Comments are due at noon tomorrow to the Regional Board. In general it is an excellent permit for storm water, but it is horrible (in my view) in that it allows for summer irrigation runoff based on the future development of Best Management Practices […]
Read MoreTimber Waiver for Non-Federal Lands
Timber – Forestry and Fish Folk Below – is a summary of outcomes (from Bob Klamt ) and issues (with Background below that) of the Timber Waiver for Non-Federal lands. The waiver went through – mostly as written. This sets new guidelines, under the Waiver, for Timber Operations (including NTMPs). This helps keeps stands in […]
Read MorePollution Experts: Save Fish from Drugs in Water
Jeff Donn, San Francisco Chronicle June, 2009 Pollution experts on Tuesday pressed a congressional panel for stronger action to keep pharmaceuticals and other contaminants out of the water, saying they are hurting fish and may threaten human health. Thomas P. Fote, a New Jersey conservationist who sits on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, said […]
Read MoreOne Step Closer to Understanding Fish Health in Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
USGS, Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 6/3/2009 Estrogen Linked to Lowered Immunity in Fish Exposure to estrogen reduces production of immune-related proteins in fish. This suggests that certain compounds, known as endocrine disruptors, may make fish more susceptible to disease. The research may provide new clues for why intersex fish, fish kills and fish lesions often […]
Read MoreClean Water Restoration Act Passes on to Senate Floor
Hi Everyone – Just wanted to let you know that by a straight party line vote (12 Democrats to 7 Republicans) the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed the Clean Water Restoration Act on to the full Senate. Senator Barbara Boxer deserves full credit and a ton of congratulations for getting this passed. Even […]
Read MoreClean Water Network’s Update on Capitol Hill
News from Capitol Hill Thanks to the hard work of so many Clean Water Network members, the US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) is taking a giant leap forward by considering critical clean water legislation tomorrow! Tomorrow, June 18 at 9:30 AM, the EPW Committee will mark up (vote on) and consider a number of […]
Read MoreClean Water Act Alert
Finally, after years of delay, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) is going to mark up (vote on) a compromise version of the Clean Water Restoration Act (S. 787) THIS Thursday, June 18. This is an all-hands-on-deck alert! We need your help to make sure our Senators know how critically important it is […]
Read MoreRussian River Low Flows Letter
Dear Ms. Whitney: I submitted extensive comments on the Emergency Order issued by your office in April regarding water diversions from Lake Mendocino in Sonoma County. I also attended the Board Workshop in early May and gave testimony on this issue. I represent Russian River Watershed Protection Committee, a local non profit that has been […]
Read MoreAntibiotic Vancomycin Showing Up
Very bad news from HR. Vancomycin is the only antibiotic that currently works vs MRSA. Jane Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) in Swedish sewage sludge 28.may.09 BioMed Central Graeme Baldwin http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-05/bc-arb052709.php Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) have been found in sewage sludge, a by-product of waste-water treatment frequently used as a fertilizer. Researchers writing in the […]
Read MoreHB 2080 Grey Water Bill Passes!
In the interests of consistent water reuse policy it is worth noting that HB 2080 grey water passed. We are not alone…. Bob Rawson Hi Friends, Today, HB 2080 passed the Senate 24-5. Yipee! Now on to the Governor for signing, and I fully expect his support. Thanks to everyone who worked hard to […]
Read MoreAlert Call-in for SB 416 on Antibiotics
Today is a statewide Call-In Day of Action to support SB 416! Can you call your state senator? Call Your Senator today and ask for a YES vote on SB 416! Thanks to activists like you, SB 416, legislation that would ban the practice of using important human antibiotics in livestock and poultry, passed out of the appropriations […]
Read MoreVancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) in Swedish sewage sludge
Graeme Baldwin, BioMed Central May 28, 2009 Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) have been found in sewage sludge, a by-product of waste-water treatment frequently used as a fertilizer. Researchers writing in the open access journal Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica point out the danger of antibiotic resistance genes passing into the human food chain. Leena Sahlström, from the […]
Read MoreVideo on Recycled Water Diseases: WATERBORNE
May 22, 2009 Little known fact: Sewage treatment plants do not remove all contaminants from sewage. The resulting effluent and sludge contains pathogens, heavy metals, chemicals that mimic estrogen, and more. Worse: many of the pathogens have developed a resistance to antibiotic drugs as a result of the treatment process. Much worse: Cities and developers […]
Read MoreNorth Bay Water Recycling Program DEIR
Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIR/EIS) Released The draft EIR/EIS for the North Bay Water Recycling Program (NBWRP) was released to the public on May 5, 2009. The recycled water projects under the NBWRP are sponsored by a group of local agencies that are working together as the North Bay Water Reuse Authority […]
Read MoreCWA 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 affirm, reject, or modify the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List of Impaired Waters section […]
Read MoreNorthcoast 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 in the North Coast Region (James Burke) Note: See Action Calendar for location address
Read MoreCWN’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 the panel discussion to welcome EPA’s Assistant Administrator of Water Nominee Peter Silva) WHERE: […]
Read MoreRussian River Keeper Action on NSCARP
www.russianriverkeeper.org Dear Russian Riverkeeper Supporter: The attached alert from Clean Water Coalition of Northern Sonoma County, which Russian Riverkeeper is a member of, describes the massive Water Agency project that will impact our River. This is the same project Marty Griffin daylighted back in 2000 and Riverkeeper has spoken extensively about in past newsletters. We […]
Read MoreNSCAR FEIS/FEIR Comes before Sonoma County BOS
The NSCAR FEIS/FEIR will be presented to the SCWA Board of Directors on May 12, 2009 at 8:30 am at 575 Administration Drive, Santa Rosa, California. The full notice for this is below. –Larry NOTICE OF AVAILABILTY OF A FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO CERTIFY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT Pursuant to […]
Read MoreComments on RR Low Flow, Dams, and Conservation
Brian (et al): My message was designed to raise questions (of which I still have many) and get folks to go look at the policy – web link provided. I still have concerns and will insert them into your text in CAPS: Cumulative effects – I *strongly* disagree that the recommendations do not account for […]
Read MoreDiscussion on Proposed Reduction of Flows to Russian River
Just to clarify – yes, there is substantial Eel River water in the Russian River flows at the Wohler pumps/Raney collectors. Alan SCWA continues to equivocate and obfuscate the reality that they have made themselves dependent on Eel River transfers to keep the Russian River flowing at D.1610 minimum flows – and of course, remarkably, […]
Read MoreSCWA’s Vineyard Irrigation Conservation Projects
FYI… Brock Sonoma County Water Agency PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release CONTACT: April 29, 2009 Brad Sherwood 707.547.1927 Cell Phone: 707.322.8192 Vineyard Irrigation/Cooling Water Conservation Demonstration to Break Ground (Santa Rosa, CA) The Sonoma County Water Agency is sponsoring two unprecedented vineyard water conservation demonstration projects. The demonstration projects will utilize state-of-the-art irrigation and cooling […]
Read MoreALERT: PRESERVATION RANCH: PUBLIC SCOPING, INITIAL STUDY
ALERT: PRESERVATION RANCH: PUBLIC SCOPING, INITIAL STUDY PUBLIC NOTICE of the EIR (Environmental Impact Report) for “PRESERVATION” RANCH ACTION ALERT: PRESERVATION RANCH — NOTICE of Environmental Impact Report Public Scoping Sessions WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2009, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. PRMD Hearing Room, 2550 Ventura Avenue, Santa Rosa. SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2009, 1:00 p.m. to […]
Read MoreClean Water Restoration Act UPDATE
Clean Water Restoration Act UPDATE On Thursday, April 2, 2009 Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin introduced the Clean Water Restoration Act of 2009 (S.787). To read the text of this legislation go to the Library of Congress website and do a bill search for S.787: http://thomas.loc.gov/ Senator Barbara Boxer is an original co-sponsor of the […]
Read MoreScoping Meetings on Preservation Ranch Set
I received a notice in the mail for- Public Scoping Meetings for Preparation of a Draft EIR These meetings are for an application received by Sonoma County PRMD to convert 1,681 acres of timberland to vineyard on a 19,300 acre ranch, residential development and lots of roads referred to as Preservation Ranch located just east […]
Read MoreShould the Samoa Pulp Mill be Transferred?
Friends and Colleagues: As you may know Evergreen Pulp, Inc. purchased the old Samoa pulp mill and promised to upgrade and make the operations green. Instead they ran the plant at as high a capacity as they could, violated their NPDES permit almost daily, then skipped town owing RWQCB a half a million dollars in […]
Read MoreClean Water Act Action
Dear Clean Water Network Members and Others, REMINDER: ACT NOW to schedule meetings with your Senators and Representatives for the in-district work period of April 6-17 to talk with them about restoring the Clean Water Act. Setting up a meeting takes advance time, so it is best to get a request in as soon as […]
Read MoreLANDFILL FORUM – Monday, March 30, 8:00 – 11:00 a.m
Now that North Bay owns you all’s garbage contract, you might be interested in this. Even at the awful hour of 8 a.m. Sonia LANDFILL FORUM – Monday, March 30, 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. Santa Rosa City Council Chambers, 100 Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Rosa Also available on Channel 26 on Santa Rosa cable thanks to Community Media Center […]
Read MoreSample of Complaint to the Reg. Water Quality Control Boards
Good going Felice. This sort of Complaint should be sent to the Regional Board in all cases where remediation and cooperation from the Board is not forthcoming. Please try and work with Board staff – first though. Alan Colleagues, Below you will see the sort of compliant which I would like to see being […]
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