FYI…this just sent to me – maybe already on your radar? – was not on mine! Definitely for the more techy-regulatory crowd. Maybe already to late to sign up?? Brock “Christy Kennedy” CKennedy@rmcwater.com 10/1/2008 2:28 PM Hello, The agenda for the RRWA Stormwater Training session on October 15, 2008 from 8:00am – 4pm in Santa […]
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Santa Rosa’s IRWP update
Incremental Recycled Water Program (IRWP) Update October 6, 2008 Information about the Seasonal Storage Project (SSP) and the availability of the Final EIR follows below. The SSP Final EIR is available for review, today, October 6. Available online at www.SRCity.org/SeasonalStorage under Studies & Reports. The Board of Public Utilities (BPU) meeting at which certification will […]
Read MoreAppeal for Meeting on Santa Rosa’s Outfall to Steelhead Beach
Hi everyone!! PLEASE PASS THIS EMAIL AROUND ANYONE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RUSSIAN RIVER DIRECT DISCHARGE (SR DISCHARGE COMPLIANCE PROJECT)….Also, please forgive duplications of this message. Tomorrow (Thursday) at 5 PM in City Council Chambers the BPU will hold a meeting to certify the Final EIR on the Discharge Compliance Project, which includes two direct discharge […]
Read MoreArticle on Rainwater Harvesting
FYI, in light of San Francisco’s new enlightenment on water management… –Larry Rainwater Harvesting Makes Comeback Amid Severe Drought MALIA WOLLAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS September 1, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO — Tara Hui climbed under her deck, nudged past a cluster of 55-gallon barrels and a roosting chicken, and pointed to a shiny metal gutter spout. Tara […]
Read MoreSan Francisco’s New Rainwater Harvesting Rules
FYI… Brock Stormwater Enthusiasts, Please join us for a fun-filled evening of music, snacks and drinks on September 23rd at 5:30 pm at the Bayview Boat Club to celebrate our latest stormwater milestone – San Francisco’s new Rainwater Harvesting Rules. Homeowners are now finally able to legally disconnect their downspouts and use rainwater for non-potable […]
Read MoreDiscussion Rainwater Catchment and Use of Greywater
Hi all, The email below came in response to the one I sent out earlier on rainwater harvesting. I had also sent it to folks on a list of people working at the County of Sonoma level on developing a graywater policy that ideally should bring on incentives (vs. the huge disincentives currently in place) […]
Read MoreLetter to State Water Board on Recycling Water Policy
River Friends; Here is a letter (attached) I just sent to the State and Regional Boards about the State Recycling Policy. I have not included the photos I sent or the final Laguna Foundation Report on the Ludwigia Project (from last year) in this email. Please let me know if you want to see these […]
Read MoreNew Book on Water Recommended
Hey Water lovers, I just wanted to let you all know about a brand new book: Water Consciousness: How We All Have to Change to Protect Our Most Critical Resource The breadth of content by big name eco-thinker/writers is amazing and I am honored to say that I, as well, have but a small chapter […]
Read MoreOfficial Comments on DEIR for Water Use
Marc Bautista, SCWA Please find attached Word .doc file containing my comments re NBWRA DEIR. Please let me know if there are any problems with the receipt of this document by the end of the public comment date. Just as an added comment, I am of the opinion that events and conditions are changing at […]
Read MoreComments on Santa Rosa’s Leaky Pipes
Dear Brenda, As usual you are right on the target. The leaking gravity sewer collection mains act as giant French Drain collectors of ground water, reducing the recharge while polluting the ground water with ex-filtration at times. Small diameter STEP systems would not and cost less to install and operate. Northern California River Watch has […]
Read MoreLinks to Comments on SR’s Recycled Water Project
Here’s the link to comments received by SR on the Discharge and Storage options. Please forgive duplications. Brenda Incremental Recycled Water Program (IRWP) Update August 5, 2008 Comments received on the City of Santa Rosa’s Discharge Compliance and Seasonal Storage Projects Draft EIRs are now available on the City’s web site as noted below. Responses […]
Read MoreNorth Bay Water Recycling Program
Dear friends – The North Bay Water Reuse Authority has gone ahead and just released their Notice of Preparation for the North Bay Water Recycling Program, the subject of HR236 and S1472. They are expediting public meetings next week to solicit comments on the scope of the project, and what should be covered in the […]
Read MoreScoping Meeting on North Bay Water Reuse, Petaluma
The special scoping session for our comments on the Notice of Preparation for the North Bay Water Reuse Program will be tomorrow: Wednesday, 8/6, 10am – 11.30am ESA Consultants Office (preparers of the EIR/EIS) 1425 N. McDowell Blvd, Suite 105 (Redwood Business Park) Petaluma, 94954 Phone: 707/ 795-0900 http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=%221425+n.+mcdowell,+petaluma%22&ie=UTF8&ll=38.277203,-122.666345&spn=0.016104,0.026608&t=h&z=15 To All, This is our opportunity […]
Read MoreScoping Meeting for North Bay Reuse, Aug. 6, 10-11:30
Dear friends – The North Bay Water Reuse Authority has gone ahead and just released their Notice of Preparation for the NBay Water Recycling Program, the subject of HR236 and S1472. They are expediting public meetings next week to solicit comments on the scope of the project, and what should be covered in the Draft […]
Read MoreNew Pharmaceutical Screening Technique
The scientific community – Prescription drugs are wreaking havoc on the environment and a solution to this problem must be found Plato – “Necessity is the Mother of invention” Swedish researchers – Eureka! We may have found a solution! ACS Publications – June 2008 A new screening technique from researchers in Sweden compares genomes from […]
Read MoreSonoma County Water and Lake Sonoma
It was envisioned and built to support and encourage regional growth. And 25 years later, there’s plenty of water in Lake Sonoma. The problem is getting it to the Russian River, near Wohler Bridge; taking it out again; and distributing it. A 6/22 PD story said, “The dam created a lake that when filled covers […]
Read MoreComments and Article on Governor’s Drought Plan
Since Ag is 80% of total water useage in the State, and domestic use is less than 10%: Out of 100 acre feet supply: A 10% savings on domestic use would yield a one acre foot saving A 20% savings on domestic use would yield a two acre foot saving Where with Ag use: A […]
Read MoreComment on Santa Rosa’s Discharge Compliance EIR
Hi water warriors! I want to share this message with you that I recently sent to Regional Board staff. It gives some information about SR BPU’s meeting yesterday on the consultant contract. Please feel free to pass this around. I’d be interested in feedback if you have any. Have a nice day. Brenda PS: I’m […]
Read MoreLetter to Editor Responding to Press Democrat
Hi Alan– Yup, that article (Dryness Triggers Water Worries from Press Democrat) had many distortions! My aim was to get at the "single resource" theme in a few punchy sentences. Wonder if they’ll publish it. Jane I think the numbers they now show indicate only a 8% reduction in use – or – thereabouts Dear […]
Read More2008 NAPA COUNTY WATERSHED SYMPOSIUM
To All, –Larry 2008 NAPA COUNTY WATERSHED SYMPOSIUM May 22, 2008 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, check-in begins at 8:30 COPIA Napa, CA Hear about issues facing Napa County’s watershed in the past, present, and future! The symposium will feature: 4 presentations about Napa County’s fascinating past, more than 30 local watershed organizations presenting their […]
Read MoreRaking Through Sludge Exposes a Stink: Environmental Protection Agency scientists accused of fabricating data about health effects of fertilizer.
by Jeff Tollefson Nature 453, 262 (15 May 2008) A former US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) scientist is suing the agency’s officials and researchers at the University of Georgia in Athens, alleging that they manufactured and published false data to support the use of potentially harmful sewage sludges as fertilizers. The sludges have been linked […]
Read MoreThe Environmental Protection Agency Must Gather Data on the Toxicity of Spreading Sewage Sludge.
Editorial Nature 453, 258 (15 May 2008) Some 30 years ago, as the United States began to tighten its environmental regulations on residential and industrial wastewater, operators of sewage-treatment plants embraced what seemed an eminently sensible idea. They decided to take the rich organic sludge left over after clean water is extracted and sell it […]
Read MoreNo standards, no mandates to test, treat or limit pharmaceuticals in water
May 2, 2008 The Associated Press Just a century ago, historic Philadelphia, notched by the Delaware and Schuylkill, treated these rivers as public sewers, but few cared until the waters ran black with stinking filth that spread cholera and typhoid. Today, municipal drinking water is cleansed of germs – but not drugs. Traces of 56 […]
Read MoreAre Pharmaceuticals inYour Watershed?
Understanding the Fate of Pharmaceuticals and Other Contaminants in Watersheds U.S. Geological Survey Triclosan, caffeine, and nonylphenol concentration profiles for Boulder Creek, Colorado, showing downstream (left to right) variations during spring-runoff (June 2000). The increase in concentrations in the stream from site aWWTP to site 75 is the result of the discharge from a wastewater […]
Read MoreComments for the Record on Water Board’s Flow Policy
Attached – CAG Draft Comments on SWRCB Flows policy Alan Levine Coast Action Group
Read MoreSWRCB Workshop on SCWA, Tuesday May 6
RE: SWRCB Workshop on SCWA, Tuesday May 6 Dear all – We do not yet have a timeline for when the SCWA report Workshop Item #10. Presentation by Sonoma County Water Agency providing comments and status reports on the Agency’s water development projects in the Russian River watershed. See also agenda items #6 Consideration of […]
Read MoreSC Water Agency at Water Board May 6–Information
Dear all – I think that it will be very important for as many people as possible to attend the SWRCB Board Workshop on SCWA’s activities in Sacramento on 5/6 Tuesday, inconvenient though that might be. SCWA will be there in force with a number of contractor/city council members who will speak as well to […]
Read MoreUpdate on Santa Rosa / Sonoma County Stormwater Permit
Hello there, I’m sending this along in case it is of interest. Have a wonderful spring weekend, Rue —————– Update on Santa Rosa / Sonoma County Stormwater Permit Greetings, Thank you for your interest in reviewing and commenting on the renewal of the Municipal Stormwater Permit. [NPDES Permit No. CA0025054]. Some of you whom have […]
Read MoreFeds Not Addressing Drugs in Water
By MARTHA MENDOZA – Apr 13, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House task force that was supposed to devise a federal plan to research the issue of pharmaceuticals in drinking water has missed its deadline and failed to produce mandated reports and recommendations for coordination among numerous federal agencies, according to documents obtained by […]
Read MoreSenators rip EPA over lack of knowledge on drugs in water
By MARTHA MENDOZA – April 28, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency was lambasted during a Senate hearing Tuesday for allowing the American public to learn that traces of pharmaceuticals are in much of the nation’s drinking water from an Associated Press investigative series, not the federal government. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who […]
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