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Clear Lake HABs
AFTER THE CLOSE
 Monday, October 21 2024
How fast can you set up an effective emergency flood wall?
 Part Two: Water-Gate: Built for urban overland flooding
As municipalities plan to defend critical infrastructure from frequent floods, having the right tool for the job is top priority
EPA National Pollution Prevention Training and Conference
December 10 -11, 2024, Washington, D.C.
 Register by Nov 1, free to attend in person or remote. Sessions include presentations by P2 experts, participants learn about grants available, reducing pollution and finding alternatives, including some chemicals EPA has regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
LEGISLATION INTRODUCED TO FIX SEWAGE FLOWS FROM MEXICO INTO CALIFORNIA
A group of federal, state, and local politicians announce the creation of the Border Water Quality Restoration and Protection Act, a legislation similar to one used to protect and restore bodies of water throughout the country such as Chesapeake Bay and the Great Lakes.

PROMISE MADE; PROMISE KEPT
Canada launches long-awaited national independent agency to manage freshwater - by Julia-Simone Rutgers, The Narwhal
Related WT article

Republished with permission 

HAZARDOUS SPILL FILE
 from CA Office of Emergency Services
 1000 gallons sewage released in Region 5
CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2008; Case ID# CR_1824 (California)
Dead ducks found in an oil slick tracked to a vessel in San Diego Bay
WEEKEND WATER REPORT
 Saturday, October 19, 2024
Tropical Storm Nadine to make landfall on Belize, flooding anticipated for Guatemala, SE Mexico




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RECENT ARTICLES

PROMISE MADE; PROMISE KEPT
Canada launches long-awaited national independent agency to manage freshwater - by Julia-Simone Rutgers, The Narwhal
Related WT article

Republished with permission 

How fast can you set up an effective emergency flood wall?
 Part Two: Water-Gate: Built for urban overland flooding
As municipalities plan to defend critical infrastructure from frequent floods, having the right tool for the job is top priority

EPA National Pollution Prevention Training and Conference
December 10 -11, 2024, Washington, D.C.
 Register by Nov 1, free to attend in person or remote. Sessions include presentations by P2 experts, participants learn about grants available, reducing pollution and finding alternatives, including some chemicals EPA has regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

LEGISLATION INTRODUCED TO FIX SEWAGE FLOWS FROM MEXICO INTO CALIFORNIA
A group of federal, state, and local politicians announce the creation of the Border Water Quality Restoration and Protection Act, a legislation similar to one used to protect and restore bodies of water throughout the country such as Chesapeake Bay and the Great Lakes.

How fast can you set up an effective emergency flood wall?
 Part One: INERO hard-shell barrier, built to handle moving water with debris
In the aftermath of back to back hurricanes, we rip into the top flood barriers on the market to see how they stack up

...More Recent Articles

RECENT REPORTS

Clear Lake HABs
AFTER THE CLOSE
 Monday, October 21 2024

WEEKEND WATER REPORT
 Saturday, October 19, 2024
Tropical Storm Nadine to make landfall on Belize, flooding anticipated for Guatemala, SE Mexico

North Coastal Region 1 watershed streamflow levels dropping
AFTER THE CLOSE
 Friday, October 18 2024

...More Recent Reports

SDWA Profiles

SDWA
EPA Serious Violators List

...More SDWA Profiles

HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOMS

HAB Tracker
from CA Water Boards
HAB Danger at Contra Loma Reservoir, Lake Chabot, Lake Anza

HAB Tracker
from the California Water Monitoring Council
HAB Danger at Contra Loma Reservoir, Big Break Regional Shoreline boat launch, Lake Anza

...More Harmful Algae Blooms

SPILLS

HAZARDOUS SPILL FILE
 from CA Office of Emergency Services
 1000 gallons sewage released in Region 5

HAZARDOUS SPILL FILE
 from CA Office of Emergency Services
 200 gallons of sodium hypochlorite released from a well in Region 4

...More Spills

FLOWS

Streamflow Situation
 From the network of river flow monitors of USGS CA Water Science Center

...More Flows

Crime Box

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2008; Case ID# CR_1824 (California)
Dead ducks found in an oil slick tracked to a vessel in San Diego Bay

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2008; Case ID# CR_1823 (California)
Electroplator pleads guilty to discharging cyanide to Los Angeles public sanitary sewer, sent to prison

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2009; Case ID# CR_1799 (California)
Accidental toxic spill impacts a waterway, unreported by the spiller. The key personnel found guilty, sent to lock up

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2003; Case ID# CR_1637 (California)
Dairy wastewater escapes a retention pond to Santa Ana River

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2003; Case ID# CR_1616 (California)
Locked up 12 months for discharging toxic metal plating wastewater

...More Crime Box



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