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Plans to fix the Friant-Kern Canal moving fast. Funding — not so fast.

June 19, 2020

• by Lois Henry

Planning to fix the Friant-Kern Canal is moving at a lightning clip even as funding to put those plans into action lags. The massive project went from its initial notice on Dec. 3, 2019, to release of the draft environmental impact statement on May 8, 2020 — just five months. Comments on the draft environmental…

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Tiny bugs can clean valley drinking water but at what price?

May 20, 2020

• by Lois Henry

If you have a small, drinking water system in the Central Valley that’s full of nitrates, and there are plenty, a company has some bugs to sell you. Specifically, a company called Microvi is looking for a demonstration project in the valley to show that its “biological denitrification” process is feasible for small systems. Bio…

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Gov. Newsom orders California taps to keep flowing

April 2, 2020

• by Lois Henry

In an ongoing effort to help Californians deal with the fallout of the COVID-19 crisis, Gov. Newsom today issued an executive order prohibiting water companies from shutting off customers for non payment. The order, which applies to residential and commercial customers, has no end date. Additionally, water service that was shut off for nonpayment as…

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Plans to fix the Friant-Kern Canal moving fast. Funding — not so fast.

Tiny bugs can clean valley drinking water but at what price?

Gov. Newsom orders California taps to keep flowing

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