This week’s California Water Plan eNews includes:

• Water reliability goal to be discussed at next month’s California Economic Summit
• Symposium will cover the ways California is addressing climate change
• Forest service releases scientific information related to resource management
• Annual law symposium will take a look at the situation in the Delta
• Scientific papers and earthquake hazards on agenda for DSC
• Stockton to host California rangeland summit early next year

NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT AN

INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Upper Feather River Regional Water Management Group (RWMG) intends to adopt an update to the Upper Feather River Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWM Plan) at its November 18, 2016 meeting. The meeting will be held at 1:00 p.m. in the Plumas County Planning Department Conference Room, 555 Main Street, Quincy, California.

The IRWM Plan is a planning document that includes input from many stakeholders to improve water resources management in the Upper Feather River IRWM Region. The IRWM Plan identifies projects that provide multiple benefits for water supply, water quality, disadvantaged communities, environmental resources, and forest and range health. The updated IRWM Plan was prepared in accordance with the State of California Department of Water Resources IRWM Guidelines.

Additional information on the RWMG and a draft copy of the updated IRWM Plan can be found at http://featherriver.org/ufr-irwm-plan/. A copy of the IRWM Plan is also available at the office of the Plumas County Planning Department, 555 Main Street, Quincy, California for public review.

For more information on the IRWM Plan, please contact ufr.contact@gmail.com or Randy Wilson at (530) 283-6214.

This week’s California Water Plan eNews includes:

• Water commission will look at proposed regulations during tomorrow’s meeting
• Salinity summit for Southern California water agencies set for next week
• Solutions linking data and decisions will be the focus of Bay-Delta Science Conference
• Delta Plan committee set to receive updates on workshop, conservation framework
• DWR’s Climate News Digest provides link to new EPA portal
• Stormwater seminar offers details on college campus runoff project

This week’s California Water Plan eNews includes:

• Financial worksheet for Update 2018 can be filled out and submitted online
• White House council initiates water data challenge for California
• California Roundtable on Water and Food Supply report assesses the Water Action Plan
• Conservancy to host webinar on sea-level rise along the California coast
• New volume on flood and drought management available for download
• Agricultural water and energy survey will be used to improve irrigation schedules
• Summit will look to develop a vision for water stewardship in California

This week’s California Water Plan eNews includes:

• Materials from two of Tuesday’s Update 2018 meetings posted online
• The cost of future water sources detailed in report from the CPUC
• Meetings will focus on best management practices for groundwater basins
• New calculator available for 2016 Water-Energy Grant Program, deadline extended
• Climate change adaptation added to draft safety element of General Plan Guidelines
• Researchers to share findings on effects of sea-level rise on Pacific coast marshes
• Updated agenda posted for next month’s conservation districts conference

This week’s California Water Plan eNews includes:

• Updated agendas posted for next week’s California Water Plan Update 2018 meetings
• Wikipedia adds article on history, development of the California Water Plan
• Management of State Water Project detailed in release of annual report from DWR
• DWR posts final groundwater basin boundary modifications
• California’s water management challenges outlined in PPIC report
• Israeli innovation center offers possible solutions to California water problems

SAVE THE DATE: November 3, 2016

PUBLIC WORKSHOP

California Abandoned Mine Prioritization Tool
Draft Attributes, Evaluation, and Risk Screening Levels

You are invited to attend a public workshop to review draft work products for the California Abandoned Mine Prioritization Tool (CAMPT). CAMPT is focusing on ways legacy abandoned mine sites in California can be prioritized for various types of action based on chemical and physical hazards they pose to the public and the environment. The draft work products created to date include attributes, data sources, and evaluation ranges that comprise the decision criteria for ranking the mine sites.

In addition, three screening tiers (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3) and the mine site investigation activities associated with each tier will be presented, along with example scenarios of how the attributes contribute to analyses and ranking of hazards in each tier.

Finally, participants will be able to learn about the analytical approach underpinning CAMPT using examples from similar decision-support tools.

Your input is sought regarding the comprehensiveness, application, and evaluation of available screening data, existing risk assessment guidelines and criteria, and approved chemical contamination thresholds proposed for incorporation into the tool. These thresholds are intended to support government agency analyses and ranking of hazards from abandoned mines, and the risks posed to human health and the environment from those hazards in California.

Date and time: November 3, 2016, 11:00 – 2:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. Central)

You can attend in person or online. Please RSVP with your preference.

Join the WebEx Meeting:

Meeting number: 743 374 302

Meeting Password: pFq9WAU@

If you are not using a computer, then you may join by phone:

Call-in toll-free number (Verizon): 1-877-996-5588 (US)

Attendee access code: 207 612 3

This week’s California Water Plan eNews includes:

• Public invited to participate in orientation webinar for Update 2018 committee
• Energy commission looking for innovative water conservation technologies
• Workshop series will look at affordable water for low-income Californians
• October newsletter available from Office of Sustainable Water Solutions
• Conservation conference will try to unite urban and rural communities
• Water and politics on the agenda for annual agribusiness conference
• Some lessons for applying collaborative science to large ecosystems

This week’s California Water Plan eNews includes:

• Delta speaker series will feature presentation by DWR director
• Water shortage contingency plans on the agenda for next week’s technical workshop
• Workshop will look at drought vulnerability and improving water resilience
• A discussion of State water policy in the event of another dry year
• Water board asking for public input on SGMA implementation fee schedule
• SWAMP Newsletter covers algal blooms portal and pesticide monitoring programs
• Web portal will feature water quality conditions in the Sacramento River Watershed