On Water

No clear solution to border pollution: Agency picks neither of 2 sewage projects
San Diego Union Tribune / by Mike Lee
See the report (PDF)

Seepage near levee worries Hamilton neighbors
Marin Independent Journal / by Joe Wolfcale

$3.5 million project finished: Fish screen provides elaborate way for fish to return to Mokelumne
Lodi News-Sentinel / by Ross Farrow

Zaca Fire Impacts Drinking Water Treatment: City Confident Water Will Meet Strict Health Standards
Santa Barbara Independent / by Ray Ford

Cost to funnel water around Calif. delta has soared
Associated Press / by Samantha Young

A California water story of individual tenacity
Sacramento Bee / by Lloyd G. Carter, Director of the California Water Impact Network

Calaveras County Water District ponders foreclosure aid for customers
Sonora Union Democrat / by Hoyt Elkins

Salmon tags to reveal if hatcheries help or hurt: State-bred fish tracked to see if they're pushing wild ones out of picture
Sacramento Bee / by Matt Weiser

Salt removal could help U.S. water supply
Reuters / by Maggie Fox
Check out Heather Cooley's recent Colloquium lecture about desalination in California.

Water projects could be thwarted by ballot measure, state memo says
San Diego Union Tribune / by Michael Gardner

Can quaggas be quarantined? Importance of keeping alien mussels away from Eastern Sierra trout opener is emphasized.
Los Angeles Times / by Pete Thomas

Coastal controversy: Outcry over state marine sanctuary plan that would declare prime spots along Sonoma, Mendocino coasts off-limits to fishing, diving
Santa Rosa Press Democrat / by Derek J. Moore

Lake Elsinore confident of effort to kill off carp
Riverside Press Enterprise / by Aaron Burgin

Conservationists struggle to save rare Calif. wetland
Associated Press / by Alicia Chang