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Permanent Reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund in Bipartisan Energy Bill
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, recently unveiled bipartisan legislation with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that includes permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).
City’s water supply outlook changed from ‘good’ to ‘fair’
After the hottest June in recorded history, higher-than-usual water consumption, record-low stream flows into storage reservoirs and the onset of El Niño conditions, Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) today changed its water supply outlook from good to fair
County manager appoints new member to Clean Water Commission
McDevitt is a member of the California State Bar Association and previously served on the Alameda County Civil Grand Jury. He also was a senior manager in information technology for DIRECTV and NorthPoint Communications, Inc. McDevitt is currently self-employed
Streamlined regulations encourage water reuse
Reclaimed water is water that is treated by sewer plants to ensure it is safe for other uses, such as irrigation, controlling dust or flushing toilets. Use of reclaimed water conserves our limited supplies of drinking water.
Everett concrete plant fined for water quality violations
CEMEX Construction Materials Pacific LLC faces a $21,000 penalty from the Washington Department of Ecology for allowing concrete wash water and muddy water to flow off its property into Everett’s stormwater system.
County seeks volunteers to serve on Clean Water Commission
The county manger is calling for applications, nominations and recommendations for volunteers to serve on the county’s Clean Water Commission, filling an unexpired term that ends Dec. 31, 2016.
Rep. Newhouse Statement on House Passage of FY 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations bill by a vote of 240 to 170. The Senate must now write and pass an appropriations bill
Rep. Newhouse Introduces Legislation to Streamline New Surface Water Storage Projects
Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced H.R. 2097, the Bureau of Reclamation Surface Water Storage Streamlining Act of 2015 to streamline the Bureau of Reclamation’s environmental planning and study process for new surface water storage projects. The bill would apply the same streamlined water project development process used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the Water Resources Reform Development Act of 2014 to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in order to facilitate the construction of new dams and reservoirs
