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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Three years of drought have Californians debating an end to the state's status as one of the last in the West with a pump-as-you-please policy for the ...
Well-drilling and pumping continue to draw down groundwater in California's Central Valley. Calls are growing for stronger legislation and state intervention.
According to the California Department of Water Resources, in 2016, nine of the twelve biggest reservoirs in California are below the historical average, even after the El Nino in the winter of 2015. In the last five years, Fresno has received significantly less rainfall than the historical average of 14.77 inches per year, with the average ...
The California Water Plan is the state's official water policy with the latest version completed in 2013; Water in California Summarizes the history and details of the state's water policy issues. California's Irrigation district's 92 public self-governing subdivisions [613] of the State that purchase water from the CVP; Central Valley Ag - CVA
Siding with environmental groups, a judge has ruled that Sonoma County must take action to protect creeks and salmon from excessive groundwater pumping.
Windshield washer fluid being poured into a vehicle's storage tank, or reservoir. Windshield washer fluid (also called windshield wiper fluid, wiper fluid, screen wash (in the UK), or washer fluid) is a fluid for motor vehicles that is used in cleaning the windshield with the windshield wiper while the vehicle is being driven.
California has increased water allocations to 40% of full allotments from the State Water Project. Officials say environmental regulations have limited pumping.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA / ˈ s iː. k w ə /) is a California statute passed in 1970 and signed in to law by then-governor Ronald Reagan, [1] [2] shortly after the United States federal government passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to institute a statewide policy of environmental protection.