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Weekend highlights: peripheral canal, federal water rights, groundwater management, rising sea levels, water and growth policies, and Owens Lake dust mitigation making news

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 24, 2008 at 7:33 am

For those of you who didn’t check in over the weekend, here are some weekend highlights:

Support for new aqueduct comes from unexpected source - an article about how Sunne McPeak’s position on the peripheral canal has changed over the years.

What if water rules change? Water users who rely on federal projects to deliver water may think they know what their rights are, but they could be wrong.

Critics blast report on state regulation of groundwater use: San Joaquin farmers & water interests are not happy with the Legislative Analyst Office’s report which recommends statewide management and monitoring of California’s groundwater.

The Rising Tide in California: It’s not the extra few feet of water that make sea level rise so dangerous; It’s the extra few feet during a storm during El Niño during high tide, say researchers at the Scripps Institute.

Water policies channeling resources in wrong directions: should we be building dense developments in Los Angeles and other urban areas with little or no groundwater, instead of areas such as San Bernardino, which has groundwater resources?

Inyo County Board of Supervisors hears Great Basin’s side of the Owens Lake saga - The Inyo Register gives some great details on the ongoing dust mitigation effort by DWP at the dry Owens Lake bed.

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