On Water

Court could devastate water supply
Los Angeles Daily News / by Alex Dobuzinskis

Water shortage hurts Upvalley vineyards
Napa Valley Register / by Jesse Duarte

New plans to curb water usage
Desert Sun / by Colin Atagi

CVWD approves water-saving landscape ordinance for new developments and golf courses
Desert Sun / by Denise Goolsby

Plan impresses panel mapping out future of Delta
Contra Costa Times / by Mike Taugher

Water officials brainstorm for ways to halt spread of invasive quagga mussels
San Diego Union-Tribune / by J. Harry Jones

Sea bill dead, but funding not dried up
Desert Sun / by Jake Henshaw

Yuba habitat pact OK’d
Marysville Appeal-Democrat / by Andrea Koskey

Rialto may see more of the EPA
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / by Jason Pesick

Wastewater pipeline critics seek concessions
Ventura County Star / by Charles Levin

Will levees hold? FEMA unsure
Modesto Bee / by Inga Miller

Students' drive brings water to African village
Inside Bay Area / by Christine Morente

State officially shuts bayside waste recycler
San Jose Mercury News / by Suzanne Bohan

EPA questions toxics cleanup proposal in exchange for water rights
San Francisco Chronicle / by Peter Fimrite

City goes with the flow of new groundwater wells
San Diego Union-Tribune / by Michael Burge

Water rate hike OK'd for farmers
Ventura County Star / by Zeke Barlow

Western Ventura farmers balk over 53 percent water hike
The Associated Press

Paso: Locals petition to lower water fee
San Luis Obispo Tribune / by Leah Etling

Palmdale water board orders conservation measures
Los Angeles Times / by Ann M. Simmons

SSJID: No farm water after Oct. 10
Manteca Bulletin / by Dennis Wyatt

Water conservation on minds of planning commissioners
La Quinta Sun (Arizona) / by Marcel Honoré

Controversial canal's impact on Delta remains largely unknown
Stockton Record / by Alex Breitler

Environmental groups find fault with state's perchlorate standard proposal
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / by Jason Pesick

Rialto's toxic perchlorate plume may prompt emergency decree
Riverside Press-Enterprise / by Jim Miller

Supervisors OK $25,000 tax for Los Osos homeowners
San Luis Obispo Tribune / by Sona Patel

Water cases to flood court
Imperial Valley Press / by Darren Simon

Peach farmer: 'Get your act together': Lodi's wastewater discharge have too much salt?
Lodi News-Sentinel / by Matt Brown

Shallow Waters for Steelhead? Expert Alleges Water Poaching in Montecito Creeks
Santa Barbara Independent / by Martha Sadler

Muddy waters in Goshen
Visalia Times-Delta / by Gerald Carroll

Scientists: Trees help, not hinder, levee safety
Sacramento Bee / by Matt Weiser

High Tech Measures To Fix California's Levees
KGO-TV / by Laura Anthony

Supervisors ask for drought aid
Redding Record Searchlight / by Tim Hearden

Water shortage is in splashing distance of lake
Redding Record Searchlight Editorial

Water usage down 18.4%, beating state mandate
Santa Rosa Press Democrat / by Bob Norberg

Fresno court weighs the future of fish and farms
Ag Alert / by Kate Campbell

Mussels' invasion spreads in county: Water officials caught off guard
San Diego Union Tribune / by Mike Lee

Wastewater pipeline to the ocean to be discussed
Ventura County Star

Lodi officials: Data flawed
Stockton Record

Corps to move up Napa Creek work by 3 years
Napa Valley Register / by Kevin Courtney

The Water Resources Center Archives is exhibiting new photos by Sally Mack from the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site near Vallejo CA.  An opening reception will be held:  

Thursday, Sept 6 - 5:00-7:00 pm
Water Resources Center Archives library
410 O'Brien Hall (near the intersection of Euclid and Hearst Streets)

The photos in the exhibit were taken at a 53-acre wetlands mitigation  site owned by CalTrans, developed by a consortium of federal and state resource agencies, located on Mare Island (near Vallejo, CA) along the Napa River.  Within a few years it is slated to become part of the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge.  Until it is incorporated into the NWR system, however, Guadalcanal Village is not open to the public.  CalTrans and the NWR manager graciously permit Sally to photograph there.

The photos in the exhibit were taken with a Hasselblad  film camera and printed at a local lab.  The Hasselblad's signature square format (negatives measure 2-1/4 x 2/14")  give the photos a special look.  The larger negatives make more detail possible.

For more information, please contact the Archives or Sally at photos@sallymack.us or call 707.558.8173.

27 August 2007

American River to be split at dam site
Auburn Journal / by Gus Thomson

Demonizing farm is wrong 'green' approach
Tracy Press / by Steven Hoch

Saving water now a critical issue
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / by Wyatt Troxel

28 August 2007

$1.43 billion tally to fix San Francisco Bay wetlands
San Jose Mercury News / by Julia Prodis Sulek

Related: Read Save the Bay's report Greening the Bay: Financing Wetland Restoration in San Francisco Bay

$47 million for Salton Sea stalls as deadline looms
Imperial Valley Press / by Jonathan Athens

Water agency seeks pipe approval
Los Angeles Times / by Gregory W. Griggs

Board orders cleanup
Bakersfield Californian / by Stacey Shepard

Rialto 'much more aggressive' in dealing with contamination
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / by Jason Pesick

Los Osos sewer price: $25,000-plus per home
San Luis Obispo Tribune / by Sona Patel

City officials hope to upgrade aging water system
Los Banos Enterprise / by Andrew Green

Mercury cleanup in the works at Calero Reservoir
San Jose Mercury News / by Stephen Baxter

City's water plan springs leaks: Council rejects water supply plan
Sonoma Index-Tribune / by David Bolling

25 August 2007

Mussels new to S.D. County confirmed as harmful species
San Diego Union-Tribune / by Terry Rodgers

Growth heightens need to get most out of water
San Bernardino County Sun / by Andrew Edwards

26 August 2007

Palmdale faces water rationing
Los Angeles Daily News / by Karen Maeshiro

Pipeline’s payoff: security
San Luis Obispo Tribune Editorial

Santa Clara River could flow again
Los Angeles Daily News / by Judy O'Rourke

Revisiting 'toilet to tap'
Los Angeles Times / by Marc B. Haefele and Anna Skla

27 August 2007

Discovery of destructive mollusks in Inland lakes raises concern
Riverside Press-Enterprise / by Jennifer Bowles

Nestle bottler seeks more public input
Redding Record Searchlight / by Kimberly Ross

State pressed on water deal
Arizona Republic / by Shaun McKinnon

Saving the bay, again
San Francisco Chronicle / by Sylvia McLaughlin

California's real water war
San Francisco Chronicle / by Laurel Firestone and Amy Vanderwarker

Flood insurance overhaul stalls
Associated Press / by Ben Evans

Guarding against 'outlaw' mussels
San Diego Union-Tribune / by by Terry Rodgers and J. Harry Jones

Hearing on Delta smelt delayed
Stockton Record

Calif. hopes to hook lake's pike problem
USA Today / by John Ritter

More hydrilla plants found in Clear Lake around Soda Bay
Lake County Record Bee / by Tiffany Revelle

Water mistake at business complex fixed
San Diego Union-Tribune / by Anne Krueger

New River Committee says river has implications for Valley
Imperial Valley Press / by Victor Morales

Madera Levees Failed State and Federal Inspections
ABC 30, Fresno / by Sara Sandrik

Delta ag champion Bill Salmon dies
Stockton Record / by Reed Fujii

CAST for Kids event scheduled at Lake Oroville
Chico Enterprise Record / by Steve Carson

Delta canal fears raised
Sacramento Bee / by Matt Weiser

Decision to affect water for Solano
The Reporter (Vacaville) / by Danny Bernardini

IID OKs a small amount of money for conservation programs
Imperial Valley Press / by Darren Simon

Viejas explores options in buying outside water
San Diego Union-Tribune / by Onell R. Soto

Reclaimed water to cool power plant
Victorville Daily Press / by Tatiana Prophet

Mussels put squeeze on water officials
North County Times / by Gig Conaughton

Cost questions put damper on Salton Sea plan
Riverside Press Enterprise / by Jim Miller

CDFA makes major hydrilla find in Clear Lake
Lake County Record Bee / by Tiffany Revelle

Stores may reopen if samples test clean
San Diego Union-Tribune / by Anne Krueger

Warning from Otay: What's in your pipes?
San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial

MWD to add more fluoride to local water
Los Angeles Daily News / by Susan Abrams

Locals take chloramine fight to EPA
Mountain View Voice / by Daniel DeBolt

Tracy declines to support levee group
Stockton Record

Schwarzenegger, Feinstein describe delta in crisis, urge fixes
Associated Press / by Noaki Schwartz

Expect cutbacks on water, panel says
San Diego Union Tribune / by Terry Rodgers

Arroyo may reap Oceano’s leftover water
San Luis Obispo Tribune / by Nick Wilson

Las Vegas growth depends on dwindling water supply
Reuters / by Adam Tanner

Fresno hearing focuses on action needed to protect dwindling delta smelt population
Fresno Bee / by John Ellis

Environmentalists, water users debate fate of tiny delta smelt
San Francisco Chronicle / by Peter Fimrite

Hearing a step for water rules
Contra Costa Times / by Mike Taugher

Quagga varmints invade county: Worrisome mussels found in San Vicente Reservoir
North County Times / by Gig Conaughton

Chula Vista center connected to pipes carrying treated sewage
San Diego Union Tribune / by Anne Krueger

Perchlorate delay prompts protest
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / by Jason Pesick

Lack of funding for flood control may leave Temecula and Murrieta up a creek
North County Times / by Nicole Sack

Autry's support for river dries up
Fresno Bee / by Matt Leedy

Water woes undercut good harvest
Ag Alert / by Kate Campbell

Judge rules Klamath toxin case against energy company can proceed
Associated Press

State orders district to sever Mendocino tribe's water supply
Associated Press

The fall 2007 schedule for WRCA's lecture series, the California Colloquium on Water, has been finalized. All lectures are held from 5:30 - 7:00pm and include a post-lecture question and answer session with the speaker. This semester the lectures will be held in room 112 Wurster Hall (please note the room change from previous semesters). The line up:

September 11: "Confluence, Confusion, or Catastrophe: Prospects for Ending the Delta Stalemate" given by John Cain, Director of Restoration Programs for the Natural Heritage Institute.

October 9: "Tracking the Nation's Ground Water Reserves" given by Dr. William M. Alley, Chief of the Office of Groundwater in the west for the U.S. Geological Survey

November 13: "Climate Change Implications of Waste Treatment" given by Perry L. McCarty, Silas H. Palmer Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University and winner of the 2007 Stockholm Water Prize.

December 4: "A Camera Aloft: California’s Wetlands and Streams from a Bird’s Perspective" given by Charles C. Benton, Professor of Architecture, UC Berkeley

You can see the full line up, including abstracts, on the Colloquium page. Also available are all the newly digitized past Colloquium lectures in RealMedia and Google video, courtesy of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, as well as the accompanying PowerPoint presentations.

No floodplain hypocrisy: Council shouldn't oppose Jones' bill
Sacramento Bee Editorial

Marine Mammal Center saves 600 sea lions a year
Santa Cruz Sentinel / by Tom Ragan

Fluoridation plan draws protest, support
North County Times / by Gig Conaughton

Capping McClellan toxics safe, military says
Sacramento Bee / by Chris Bowman

California Looks at Big Picture of Ocean Management
89.3 KPCC, Southern California Public Radio / by Ilsa Setziol

The graying of the green brigade
Stockton Record / by Alex Breitler

Maui wants to acquire private watershed
Honolulu Advertiser / by Christie Wilson

Livingston sewage plan draws fire
Modesto Bee / by Scott Jason

JPL water plans OK'd
San Gabriel Valley Tribune / by Elise Kleeman

18 August 2007

Delta has that sinking feeling
Stockton Record / by Alex Breitler

Researchers, activists urge faster pace in effort to save Lake Tahoe
Los Angeles Times / by Margot Roosevelt

10 years later -- Tahoe worse: Clinton and others laud protection efforts, sound a warning at annual summit.
Sacramento Bee / by Todd Milbourn

Ridge water district looks into acquiring neighbors
Chico Enterprise Record / by Ryan Olson

Elsinore Water vote pits insiders vs. outsiders
Riverside Press-Enterprise / by Jeff Horseman

Yuba levee program short on cash
Marysville Press-Democrat / by John Dickey

Strawberry, flower fields fret at threats to water supply
North County Times / by Barbara Henry

19 August 2007

Battle over delta water heads to court
Fresno Bee / by Michael Doyle and John Ellis

Endangered fish threaten water supply
North County Times / by Gig Conaughton

Tiny Delta fish at center of huge water war
Sacramento Bee / by Michael Doyle

Old foes come to accord on Delta
Contra Costa Times / by Mike Taugher

Latest idea for Lodi Lake land: plant for treating drinking water
Stockton Record / by Daniel Thigpen

Rice farmers warned winter water may be cut
Chico Enterprise Record / by Heather Hacking

7 cities in watershed will share study cost
San Diego Union Tribune / by Angela Lau

20 August 2007

Rain shortfall prompts Felton water managers to seek well
Santa Cruz Sentinel / by Gwen Mickelson

Cleanup of toxins may cost Sunnyvale millions of dollars
San Jose Mercury News / by Julie Patel

Second thoughts on West Sac's floodplain plan
Sacramento Bee Editorial

West Sac starts levee fix process
Sacramento Bee / by Lakiesha McGhee

Drought prompts Felton water managers to seek well
Santa Cruz Sentinel / by Gwen Mickelson

City's water supply may peak in 2010: Possible shortfall sparks worries about expansion
Monterey Herald / by Claudia Meléndez Salinas

East Valley Water District backs centralized facility
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / by Joe Nelson

Bids lower than projections for Nacimiento water pipeline
Associated Press

Valley Springs pipeline complete
Stockton Record

Napa River in need of cleanup
Contra Costa Times / by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen

County engaged in latest phase to rebuild Bayside stream
Eureka Times-Standard / by John Driscoll

Dispute on deck as four U.S. ships set to be towed
Inside Bay Area / by Thomas Peele

Runkle Canyon soil and water labeled 'safe'
Simi Valley Acorn / by Darleen Principe

Experts Warn of California Flood Disaster
KCBS / by Doug Sovern

Officials praise efforts to control Truckee River flooding
Reno Gazette-Journal / by Jeff Delong

SOSS reviews water issues
Siskiyou Daily News / by Jamie Gentner

Congressman McCarthy tours Isabella Dam
KGET Bakersfield (video)

Rainbow Water District hires new general manager
Fallbrook Bonsall Village News

The University of California organized the first statewide groundwater conference in 1957 for professionals in water sciences to engage in discussions of policy, management and technical issues in a colloquium atmosphere. Since then, the Biennial Conference has strived to reach out to all stakeholders and interested parties and provide policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and educators the opportunity to learn about the current policies, regulations, and technical challenges affecting the use and management of groundwater in California.

This year's conference will be held at the Sacramento Convention Center. View the program and register online. Early registration fees apply until September 4th.

UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center releases State of the Lake Report 2007

UCD report: Tahoe air, water warming up; Climate change affecting the 11th-deepest lake on Earth, researchers say.
Sacramento Bee / by Bill Lindelof

See also: Tahoe Daily Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle

The fair's green side: Climate exhibit features eye-opening display
Sacramento Bee / by Bobby Caina Calvan

City to explore buying water from proposed desalination plant
San Diego Union Tribune / by Lola Sherman and Michael Burge

Water District approves master plan for building pipelines, more
North County Times / by William Finn Bennett

Salmon decision leaves protections
Eureka Times-Standard / by John Driscoll

Levee work gets OK
Marysville Appeal-Democrat / by Andrea Koskey

Water district won't evict Camanche Lake residents
Inside Bay Area / by Malaika Fraley

Water officials find a skeptical northern crowd
Redding Record Searchlight Editorial

EVWD joins water supply project
Highland Community News / by Charles Roberts

Check out our recently published Free Publications List.
You can send your requests for any of these materials by e-mail to
wrcaill@library.berkeley.edu or by fax to 510-642-9143. Please include
your name, mailing address and the full details of each item requested.
Enjoy!

The beginning of the fall semester is upon us once again and that means it's time for interested parties to take advantage of WRCA's informational tours. Tours consist of an orientation to the library, a detailed explanation of the collections and resources available at the library, methods of accessing water information, and an explanation of the WRCA's policies and procedures.

Library Director Linda Vida will lead tours at the following times:

Tuesday, August 21st at 1pm

Wednesday, August 22nd at 1pm

Thursday, August 23rd at 10am

Friday, August 24th at 10am

Tuesday, August 28th at 10am

Wednesday, August 29th at 10am

Thursday, August 30th at 3pm

If you would like to take the tour, but cannot make any of the times above, please contact Linda directly at lvida@library.berkeley.edu to make alternate arrangements.

S.J. seeking levee reprieve
Stockton Record / by Greg Kane

Mexico, U.S. plan talks on river use
Arizona Republic / by Shaun McKinnon

Desert water district director arrested
Los Angeles Times / by Maeve Reston and Sara Lin

Invasive plants have met their match
Victorville Valley Daily Press / by Hillary Borrud

City fines prison on sewage
The Reporter (Vacaville) / by Jennifer Gentile

SR to boost Geysers wastewater 35%
Santa Rosa Press Democrat / by Mike McCoy

North state officials say water plan lacks detail
Redding Record Searchlight / by Dylan Darling

No-go for canal project
Marysville Appeal-Democrat / by Andrea Koskey

Steps taken to clean water
Pasadena Star-News / by Mike Sprague

Lodi to receive more cleanup funds
Stockton Record / by Daniel Thigpen

Water: No matter where it comes from, it is a limited resource
Santa Rosa Press Democrat Editorial

State wants feds to shape up before shipping out
Inside Bay Area / by Thomas Peele

DWR Notes 45th Anniversary of San Luis Reservoir Groundbreaking by President Kennedy, Governor Brown

Orange County Water District bestowed with honor of "Outstanding Member" by the American Membrane Techonology Association

Owners turn off spigot on rice fields
Sacramento Bee / by Mary Lynne Vellinga

Water conservation is answer for future
Sacramento Bee / by John Laird

Wells fill gap in conservation
Santa Rosa Press Democrat / by Bleys W. Rose

Salmon struggling in hot Mattole
Eureka Times-Standard / by John Driscoll

L.A. court paves way for sludge
Bakersfield Californian / by Gretchen Wenner

Rialto water hearings put on hold
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / by Jason Pesick

Brown has seen the future -- and it looks like Marin
Sacramento Bee / by Daniel Weintraub

Los Osos residents could pay $275 a month for sewers
Associated Press

How much money is the Sierra worth?
Sierra Sun / by Julie Brown

Toxic waste violations may cost UC
Inside Bay Area / by Matt Krupnick

No toxins are found in Paso water near contaminated site
San Luis Obispo Tribune / by Leah Etling

Rancho California Water District receives an $87,500 Water Challenge 2025 Grant

11 August 2007

A resort town thirsts for solutions
Los Angeles Times / by Alison Williams

Officials Fear Spread of Invasive Mussel
Associated Press / by Moises D. Mendoza

Destructive mussels reach lake
Arizona Republic / by Shaun McKinnon

Invasive arundo plant to be removed in Stillwater
Redding Record Searchlight / by Dylan Darling

$500,000 considered for pollutants probe
San Diego Union Tribune / by Lola Sherman

12 August 2007

California's Flood-Control Challenge
MSNBC / by Michael Arndt

How to offset flood dangers
San Francisco Chronicle / by Ron Stork

Water worries: Act now to ensure California's future supply
San Diego Union Tribune / by Timothy Quinn

A warning the Southland cannot ignore
San Diego Union Tribune / by Jeff Kightlinger

Water woes abating
San Bernardino County Sun / by Andrew Edwards

Discord threatens Klamath River water talks; Klamath: Refuge farms 'a deal-killer'
Sacramento Bee / by David Whitney

13 August 2007

City asks: Is there enough water for Napa Pipe?
Napa Valley Register / by Kevin Courtney

FAQs on how our water works
Visalia Times-Delta

Natomas water deal may make sense for region
Sacramento Bee Editorial

L.A.'s trickle-down theory
Los Angeles Times Editorial

Salton sink: A plan to manage lake's demise makes sense
San Diego Union Tribune Editorial

Rialto water case in stall: Legal wrangling holds city back
San Bernardino County Sun / by Jason Pesick

West Sac levee squeeze
Sacramento Bee / by LaKiesha McGhee

Space for waste: Larger Turlock plant could help region
Modesto Bee / by Michael R. Shea

Selected Recent Accessions is compiled bi-monthly by WRCA staff. The August 2007 list (no. 230) is available via PDF ; previous accession lists are posted on the WRCA website at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA/newacq.html

In 2003, the UC libraries launched a new version of Melvyl, based on Ex Libris software. By the urging of librarians and professional searchers on the UC campuses, telnet access was continued, although crippled from it's previous incarnation, at that time. Due to associated costs and lowering usage numbers, it is no surprise that the UC libraries have decided to discontinue maintaining telnet access to the Melvyl catalog. This week WRCA will remove telnet Melvyl links from its website.

The press release provides some further information, as well as a reminder that the Command Search feature is the most powerful method of querying Melvyl and is available in the existing web version.

Also noteworthy is that UC is collaborating with OCLC to pilot a new UC union catalog, potentially to be made live in 2008. More information and continuing updates are available at http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/uc_oclc.html

Officials go with the flow: Despite his plea to save water, mayor and other leaders are heavy users.
Los Angeles Times / by Duke Helfand

High Desert community receiving water
Riverside Press-Enterprise / by Imran Ghori

Future of SoCal water considered in Ontario
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / by Andrew Silva

Conference eyes wastewater from new homes for irrigation
Riverside Press-Enterprise / by Jennifer Bowles

Desalination plan for desert
Arizona Republic / by Shaun McKinnon

Calexico residents blame ailments on New River
Imperial Valley Press / by Victor Morales

Mexican water agency backs Bajagua bid
San Diego Union Tribune / by Mike Lee

Water issues on tap: Gripes resume over discoloration
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / by Stephen Wall

Water Rate Hike Ahead Unless...
Gilroy Dispatch / by Chris Bone

Arvin residents petition EPA
Bakersfield Californian / by Felix Doligosa Jr.

Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz consider water supply swap
Santa Cruz Sentinel / by Gwen Mickelson

Fresh or recycled? Purple pipe could keep water supply from drying up
San Bernardino County Sun / by Andrew Silva

8 August 2007

State water department cited in deaths of aqueduct divers
Associated Press / by Samantha Young

Sting shuts down high desert water deliveries
Los Angeles Times / by Sara Lin

FLOW vs. Cal-Am
Scotts Valley Press Banner

State beaches continue on bum record
Los Angeles Times / by Alison Williams

Ruling puts pressure on wastewater quality
Santa Rosa Press Democrat / by Clark Mason

Levee exemption deadline nears
Stockton Record / by Greg Kane

Work is under way to fix flood channel
Contra Costa Times / by Nargis Nooristani

County reaches waste diversion milestone
Amador Ledger Dispatch / by Kelly Enos

Lake was site of breakthrough study
Mt. Shasta News / by Paul Boerger

9 August 2007

Water woes in desert: State acts to ease problem
San Bernardino County Sun / by Andrew Silva

San Bernardino County in water crisis, officials say
Los Angeles Times / by Sara Lin

Water recycling project to start soon: 300,000 gallons will irrigate golf course, Pacifica fields
Inside Bay Area / by Julia Scott

Another smelt in danger, group says
Stockton Record / by Alex Breitler

Paso tests wells after a report of toxins surfaces
San Luis Obispo Tribune / by Leah Etling

Half Moon Bay's Venice Beach deemed a health hazard
San Francisco Chronicle / by John Coté

Fresh water jellyfish surface at Bidwell Marina and Lake Oroville
Oroville Mercury Register / by Paula M. Felipe

So Where's The Drought-Rage?
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial / by David Curran

Thirsty L.B. turns to the ocean for water
Long Beach Press-Telegram / by Kelly Puente

State warns North Tahoe neighborhood's water users
Sierra Sun / by Joanna Hartman

DDT dumped off Palos Verdes Peninsula still affects food chain
Daily Breeze (Redondo Beach) / by Kristin S. Agostoni

Efforts of environmentalists have paid off in health of Clear Lake
Lake County Record Bee / by Elizabeth Wilson

Judge bans Navy from using sonar off Southern California
Los Angeles Times / by Kenneth R. Weiss

Are local pools a real concern?
Bakersfield Californian / by Emily Hagedorn

Metropolitan Launches Serious Water-Saving Message in Most Extensive Outreach, Education Effort in District History

Toxic dumping's long legacy
Long Beach Press-Telegram

Imperial Irrigation classes teach conservation
Imperial Valley Press / by Jonathan Dale

Dramatic tree death increase since 1983 linked to warming
San Francisco Chronicle / by Jane Kay

A few recent items on bottled water:

As a health drink, bottled water is all wet
Los Angeles Times / by Tom Standage

Bottled water: A river of money
MSN

Pacific Institute's analysis of the relationship between bottled water and energy

4 August 2007

Water deal key to Folsom growth
Sacramento Bee / by Mary Lynne Vellinga

Local water fight heating up
Ridgecrest Daily Indpendent / by Laura Dobbins

Will S.J. River plan slow the restoration of Trinity River?
Stockton Record / by Alex Breitler

Top Las Vegas water official blasts Utah request for study
Salt Lake Tribune
See Pat Mulroy's California Colloquium on Water talk on Nevada's water supply here.

5 August 2007

How low will it go?: Lake Shasta water could reach lowest level in 15 years
Redding Record Searchlight / by Dylan Darling

Debate revived: 25 years after voters defeated the 'peripheral canal,' proposal resurfaces as an option to save the Delta
Sacramento Bee / by Jerry Meral

Arguments against building a 'peripheral canal'
Sacramento Bee / by Jonas Minton

Perchlorate issues plague Rialto
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / by Jason Pesick

Rialto ready for a showdown
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Editorial

New bill aims to help cities with storm water
Inside Bay Area / by Sasha Vasilyuk

6 August 2007

'A 75-year vision' to save Salton Sea
San Diego Union Tribune / by Michael Gardner

Conservation ideas grow during drought
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / by Canan Tasci

State likely faces a drier future
Orange County Register / by Reese Halter

Water deal threat to Delta, cities diminished
Contra Costa Times Editorial

Pristine waterway to replace polluted inlet Community effort: In neglected Bayview neighborhood, forgotten slough's restoration will be part of planned 350-acre waterfront park
San Francisco Chronicle / by Julian Guthrie

Mussel fight shifts to containment
KVOA News 4, Tucson

Wheatland levee reality
Marysville Appeal-Democrat / by John Dickey

Water storage funds may face Bush veto
Pasadena Star-News / by Fred Ortega

Polluting on the honor system?
Stockton Record / by Michael Fitzgerald

New drinking water rule could bring $30 million tab
Riverside Press Enterprise / by David Danelski

Federal money for Osos sewer gets closer
San Luis Obispo Tribune / by Sona Patel

Dairies must clean up manure
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / by Andrea Bennett

More SR wastewater may head to Geysers
Santa Rosa Press Democrat / by Mike McCoy

State opposes Calpine reorganization plan
San Jose Mercury News / by Sarah Jane Tribble

A drainage fix soon? Proposal would shift responsibility for solution to Westside farmers
Fresno Bee Editorial

Kwok named to water board: Leaving Cupertino city council post
San Jose Mercury News / by Paul Rogers

Dry wells provoke water debate
Sierra Sun / by Andrew Cristancho

Marin considers piping in water over Richmond Bridge
Marin Independent Journal / by Mark Prado

County to halt flow of run-off
Lond Beach Press-Telegram / by Joe Segura

Central Valley farmers seeking big irrigation deal
San Francisco Chronicle / by Peter Fimrite

Water plan swaps a debt
Sacramento Bee / by Michael Doyle

House passes $20-billion water bill
Los Angeles Times / by Richard Simon

Panel lets water flow to plant
Monterey Herald / by Kevin Howe

Thompson decries VP's Klamath interference
Eureka Times-Standard

Water funding OK'd: Panel approves money for perchlorate probe
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / by Jason Pesick

State investigates for contamination in Lake Chabot: Mercury mine possibly contributing toxins
Vallejo Times-Herald / by Matthias Gafni

Newmont told to find water leak
Grass Valley Union / by Greg Moberly

Windsor to add wastewater pond
Santa Rosa Press Democrat / by Clark Mason

EPA cites six SoCal dairies for Clean Water Act violations
Associated Press

Nitrates nag city: Live Oak reduces work on water
Marysville Appeal-Democrat / by Robert LaHue

Flood district contemplates raising taxes
Contra Costa Times / by Karen Holzmeister

Study aims to cite beach contaminant
San Francisco Examiner / by Tamara Barak

Pumping plan stirs fears of a modern 'dust bowl' in Utah's west desert
Salt Lake Tribune / by Patty Henetz

"Critical evaluation of how the Rosgen Classification and associated 'natural channel design' methods fail to integrate and quantify fluvial processes and channel response" / A. Simon, M. Doyle, M. Kondolf, F.D. Shields Jr., B. Rhoads, and M. McPhillips. IN: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 43(5):1-15 (October 2007). 

Prof. Kondolf -- Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, UC Berkeley -- co-authored this potentially seminal article critiquing classification systems and "natural channel design" methods utilized in stream restoration and the science of fluvial geomorphology.

Full-text online is available from Blackwell Synergy if you are coming from a UC IP address, or otherwise have access to Blackwell publications. The abstract is publicly accessible. (If you do not have access to Blackwell and would like to receive a copy, please request via WRCA's interlibrary loan.)

The Commonwealth Club's monthlong lecture series on water kicks off tonight at 6pm with oceanographer Sylvia Earle's talk, "A Celebration of Oceans".  Check out the full line up, which includes several past Colloquium speakers, here.  All programs take place at the Commonwealth Club (595 Market St., San Francisco) unless otherwise specified.

Talks continue grinding forward to reach water deal: The proposed transfer to Westlands still faces major obstacles
Sacramento Bee / by Michael Doyle and Dennis Pollock

2-inch fish threatens area's water supply
Pasadena Star-News / by Alison Hewitt

Efforts to save water paying off: County reports 16.6% reduction in diversions from Russian River, urges continued conservation
Santa Rosa Press Democrat / by Clark Mason

Panel to consider desal permit: Approval recommended for Cal Am's Moss Landing project
Monterey Herald / by Kevin Howe

Dry wells could soon be flowing
Monterey Herald / by Jim Johnson

Walton water pricey
Marysville Appeal-Democrat / by John Dickey

Feds unaware of Cheney role
Sacramento Bee / by David Whitney

Southern California water supplies to be fluoridated starting in October
North County Times / by Gig Conaughton

Property owners vote for assessment to replace J levee
Chico Enterprise Record / by Barbara Arrigoni

So far, so good on Santa Clara Valley water board
San Jose Mercury News Editorial

Mill Valley man's idea for relay hoped to bring clean water to world
Marin Independent Journal / by Mark Prado