#cawater — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #cawater, aggregated by home.social.
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A new California law will ban watering decorative grass, even in non-drought years, starting Jan. 1 https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/04/a-new-california-law-will-ban-watering-decorative-grass-even-in-non-drought-years-starting-jan-1/ #lawns #Drought #CAWater
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A new California law will ban watering decorative grass, even in non-drought years, starting Jan. 1 https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/04/a-new-california-law-will-ban-watering-decorative-grass-even-in-non-drought-years-starting-jan-1/ #lawns #Drought #CAWater
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A new California law will ban watering decorative grass, even in non-drought years, starting Jan. 1 https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/04/a-new-california-law-will-ban-watering-decorative-grass-even-in-non-drought-years-starting-jan-1/ #lawns #Drought #CAWater
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A new California law will ban watering decorative grass, even in non-drought years, starting Jan. 1 https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/04/a-new-california-law-will-ban-watering-decorative-grass-even-in-non-drought-years-starting-jan-1/ #lawns #Drought #CAWater
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A new California law will ban watering decorative grass, even in non-drought years, starting Jan. 1 https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/04/a-new-california-law-will-ban-watering-decorative-grass-even-in-non-drought-years-starting-jan-1/ #lawns #Drought #CAWater
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Regional water news roundup for San Diego: Aug. 29-Sep. 5, 2026
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California’s biggest reservoir in decades faces crucial moment https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/california-reservoir-sacramento-river-22416938.php #CAWater #Sites
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California’s biggest reservoir in decades faces crucial moment https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/california-reservoir-sacramento-river-22416938.php #CAWater #Sites
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California’s biggest reservoir in decades faces crucial moment https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/california-reservoir-sacramento-river-22416938.php #CAWater #Sites
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California’s biggest reservoir in decades faces crucial moment https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/california-reservoir-sacramento-river-22416938.php #CAWater #Sites
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California’s biggest reservoir in decades faces crucial moment https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/california-reservoir-sacramento-river-22416938.php #CAWater #Sites
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The feds agree that the Bay's imperiled #WhiteSturgeon are endangered -- but are refusing to protect them under the Endangered Species Act:
"The biggest threat to the White Sturgeon’s survival is neglect from the very agencies that are required to protect them," as Baykeeper science director @jarosenfield put it.
https://baykeeper.org/press_release/feds-determine-that-san-francisco-bays-white-sturgeon-is-an-endangered-species-but-refuse-to-protect-them/ @RestoreTheDelta
#fish #fishing #sturgeon #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #bayarea #californiadelta #californiawater #cawater
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Native fish populations, including Chinook Salmon, Central Valley Steelhead, and Green and White Sturgeon are declining at an alarming rate—meanwhile, state regulators have failed to act.
So we're taking legal action to hold the State Water Board accountable: https://baykeeper.org/press_release/baykeeper-pursues-appeal-against-water-board-amid-extinction-crisis/
#fish #baydelta #baydeltaplan #endangeredSpecies #cawater #californiadelta
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We just sued to challenge the Trump Administration's dangerous water grab—and its devastating effects on Central Valley Steelhead, Green Sturgeon & Chinook Salmon—in partnership with the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the River 🐟
Learn more about the case: https://baykeeper.org/press_release/lawsuit-challenges-trumps-dangerous-water-grab-in-california/
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State officials have a once-in-a-generation chance to save California salmon—and they're failing.
As our lead scientist @jarosenfield stresses in this article, the state's plan would drive native fishes to extinction:
#sfbay #baydelta #fish #salmon #chinooksalmon #cawater #californiawater #water #extinctionisforever
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"The voluntary agreements are an extinction plan," as our lead scientist
@jarosenfield describes the state's new Bay Delta Plan.Endangered species will continue to plummet, more fisheries will shutter, and Tribes & Delta communities will continue to suffer with worse water quality.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/bay-delta-water-21325171.php
#cawater #californiawater #baydelta #baydeltaplan #endangeredSpecies #endangeredspeciesact #cadelta #californiadelta #fish #extinction
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"This latest plan is a shocking display of cowardice," as our science director
@jarosenfield told @rachbecknewsNewsom's plan would be devastating for already hard-hit fisheries, Chinook #salmon & other native fish & wildlife, Tribes, and Bay-Delta communities.
Also concerning: the Newsom Admin's move to limit disclosures about how the plan would affect the Bay-Delta through a bill waiving #CEQA requirements. Ashley Overhouse of Defenders of Wildlife said the exemption is "bordering on undemocratic because you are cutting out the public in an important process."
https://calmatters.org/environment/2025/07/sacramento-river-delta-report/ #sfbay #delta #cadelta #californiawater #cawater #baydelta -
The Water Board will be meeting on Monday on Zoom for input on whether to move forward with the disastrous #DeltaTunnel plan—and we need as many people as possible to show up to oppose it.
Help us get the word out about why this destructive, wasteful project must be stopped!
Instructions for participating in the meeting are here:
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"All these species that we think of as being endangered and on the precipice of disappearing, we've forgotten that they used to be abundant,” as our science director @jarosenfield said.
The slow change in what society--& regulators--expect of the natural world is a silent killer of the Bay-Delta ecosystem 😔
@RestoreTheDelta #KlamathRiver #baydelta #sanfranciscobay #californiadelta #cawater #fish #wildlife #endangeredspecies
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“We're supposed to be operating dual goals in a deathmatch tension. One is to increase the supply or increase the reliability of the supply of water, and the other goal is to protect the ecosystem,” as Baykeeper science director @jarosenfield told the Sacramento Bee: “No one talks about the third goal, which is to reduce reliance on the Delta.”
Conservation and reducing our reliance on water from the estuary is key! https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article288498329.html #baydelta #cawater #californiawater #fish #sfbay #sanfranciscobay
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A reminder of the MASSIVE amount of California's fresh water that's wasted to maximize profits for wealthy corporations—at the expense of rivers, the Bay, the Delta, and native fish:
"California farms could use 93% less water but less-thirsty crops, such as grains and hay, are much less lucrative than nuts and fruits. Fallowing a small fraction of the thirstiest crops would save 9%."
https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/03/california-farms-water-conservation/ #californiawater #cawater #water #drought #fish #fishing #sanfranciscobay #sfbay #baydelta -
"In the abstract, this ruling should mean full steam ahead for the water board updating its water quality standards," said Baykeeper science director @jarosenfield, of the new ruling. "In the real world, we have a governor actively resisting new standards because he favors a voluntary approach negotiated with water users in a back room, and is forcing the water board to consider if not adopt it."
https://www.aol.com/court-upholds-california-rules-protect-120000873.html #cawater #californiawater #californiarivers #fish #fish #californiafish #baydelta #baydeltaplan #worldwaterday -
Most of the Delta lacks standards for how much water should flow through it, and that's a big problem.
"The fish are suffering primarily from a lack of adequate freshwater,” says Baykeeper science director Jon Rosenfield. "Flow is sort of the master variable that affects almost everything with fish."
The lack of adequate flow also helps explain some of the Delta's other problems, such as #AlgaeBlooms
https://www.comstocksmag.com/longreads/delta-decline #cawater #baydelta #salmon #chinook #fish #fishing -
A big THANK YOU to The Battery SF for awarding us a major new grant to protect the Bay & the Delta!
We're so grateful for this support for the long-term resilience of the Bay-Delta watershed, and the wildlife & communities that depend on these waterways 🙏 🙏 🙏
https://www.thebatterysf.com/batterypowered/givingproject/san-francisco-baykeeper-a-resilient-san-francisco-bay-delta-watershed#sanfranciscobay #thebatterysf #bayarea #water #cawater #baydelta
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The proposed voluntary agreements assume that more habitat = more 🐟🐟🐟 — but fish need healthy river flows first & foremost:
"They're trading 'habitat' for flow, but this doesn't have a basis in science," as our science director
@jarosenfield says in the latest edition of Estuary News: https://archive.estuarynews.org/va-agreement-highlights-habitat-questions/ #water #cawater #californiawater #fish #endangeredspecies #californiadelta #sanfranciscobay #baydelta -
"There's not much difference between a world without environmental laws and a world where, at the stroke of a governor's pen, environmental laws are eviscerated," Baykeeper scientist @jarosenfield says of Newsom's Executive Order to suspend environmental protections for the Sacramento-San Joaquin #Delta: https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/02/newsom-environmental-laws-store-more-delta-water/ #cawater #baydelta #californiawater