Water

Protecting the Bay Against Rising Seas Means Amending Old Approaches image

Protecting the Bay Against Rising Seas Means Amending Old Approaches

After four years of research, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission made an informed and unanimous vote to amend 50-year-old anti-fill le...
Bay Area Council Weighs In on State Water Resilience image

Bay Area Council Weighs In on State Water Resilience

The Bay Area Council’s Water and Climate Resilience Committee has submitted eight key recommendations for Gov. Newsom’s Water Resilience P...
Better Managing Forests for Climate Resilience image

Better Managing Forests for Climate Resilience

The Bay Area Council Water & Climate Resilience Committee met Thursday to discuss managing California’s forests and the Governor’s ...
Study on Tearing Down Hetch Hetchy Misses the Mark image

Study on Tearing Down Hetch Hetchy Misses the Mark

A new study sponsored by a group determined to tear down the Bay Area’s leading clean water and power infrastructure tried to make an economic ca...
Senate Clean Drinking Water Proposal Gets Councils Nod image

Senate Clean Drinking Water Proposal Gets Councils Nod

The Bay Area Council Water and Climate Resilience Committee met on Tuesday to vet competing proposals in the state Assembly and Senate to solve Cal...
Study Will Explore Bringing Ferries to Berkeley image

Study Will Explore Bringing Ferries to Berkeley

The Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) on Thursday (May 9) approved moving forward with a study to explore the feasibility of expandin...
Council Hears from State Water Board Chair on Controversial Cuts image

Council Hears from State Water Board Chair on Controversial Cuts

Against a backdrop of lawsuits and accusations of water grabs, state Water Resources Control Board Chair Felicia Marcus addressed a packed house a...
Gov. Newsom’s Proposed Budget a Good First Step for Addressing California’s Major Challenges image

Gov. Newsom’s Proposed Budget a Good First Step for Addressing California’s Major Challenges

The Bay Area Council today applauded Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2019-20 budget as a good first step in addressing California’s major challeng...
Optimism, Anxiety over Water Plan and Bay Restoration image

Optimism, Anxiety over Water Plan and Bay Restoration

The Bay Area Council Water Committee received mixed news as state regulators continued their plan to reclaim water from the Bay Area and other regi...

State Approves Water Cuts; SF Eyes Plan Warily

State regulators approved a controversial water plan late Wednesday (Dec. 12) that the Bay Area Council Economic Institute estimated could gut regi...
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