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California green lighted more irrigation with oil wastewater
Last week, regulators approved the expanded use of oil wastewater for irrigation of crops in Kern County.
The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board), unanimously approved a Waste Discharge Requirement (WDR) permit for California Resources Corporation (CRC) to sell 21,200 acre feet (6.9 million gallons) of oil and gas wastewater from the Kern Front Oil Field to the North Kern Water Storage District annually. The produced water will be distributed to farmers for irrigation and used for groundwater recharge, despite significant questions about the safety of this
Huh? Governor’s Water Commission declares an end to climate change in 2050!
On December 16, the California Water Commission, which is administering $2.7 billion in bonds for water storage projects, forwarded draft regulations guiding that expenditure to the Office of Administrative Law for public review. The draft regulations are wholly inadequate.
Our Maryland Priorities
Clean Water Action is a national grassroots organization with 53,000 members in Maryland. We work for clean, safe, and affordable water, whether in the streams, rivers or Chesapeake Bay, or from the tap through grassroots organizing, policy work, and campaigns. Check out our current priority campaigns:
Help Us Prevent Waste and Litter in San Mateo!
We're looking for passionate and outgoing volunteers to survey 400 San Mateo County food businesses to support a future policy that will reduce the volume of litter and waste in your community.
Please use the links below to register for one of the four two-hour training sessions being offered:
Tuesday, April 16 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 from 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 from 2 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The training sessions will be held at the San Mateo County Office of Sustainability, located in Redwood City at 455 County
Our State Budget- Making the Hard Choices to Protect our Water
In early March, Governor Whitmer announced her first state budget proposal. Much of the press coverage of Governor Whitmer’s budget so far has focused on her proposal to increase the gas tax by 45 cents per gallon ovcritical road infrastructure investments. The focus on a single aspect of the budget has resulted in several key components of the budget proposal, which would have significant impacts on our water, being neglected.
The Governor’s proposal includes $120 million to address water infrastructure and water contamination issues, plus an additional $60 million earmarked for lead-free