The Weekly 3: Water Industry
What were the three biggest California water stories of the past seven days? Well, the news-heads and policy wonks here at Laer Pearce & Associates have compiled them for you here. You’ll find the Big Three here every Thursday, or you can follow LPAWater on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news and analysis. You can also sign up to receive the Weekly 3 via email here.
1. Something rotten in the water?
Public attention is sharply focused on governmental mismanagement thanks to Robert Rizzo and the Bell city council, so when the FBI and DA raided the City of Oxnard’s offices this week and hauled out hard drives and files, you could almost hear the next shoe falling. Ken Ortega, the former Public Works Director who ran Oxnard’s Groundwater Recovery Enhancement and Treatment program, is the probable target.
Read the Ventura County Star Oxnard story
2. When an appendix removal is news
We were troubled that the State Water Resources Control Board surgically removed an appendix from its Delta flow criteria report – you know, the report with findings that would cut Delta water deliveries by as much as 67%. Appendix B estimated the impact of the flow criteria on water supplies, but was cut because it hadn’t been adequately reviewed, according to staff. So review it! Speaking of the flow report, we liked what Laura King Moon, assistant GM of the State Water Contractors, wrote about it.
Read the CA Farm Water Coalition on Appendix B
Read Laura’s San Francisco Chronicle op/ed
Read everything but Appendix B here
3. San Berdoo’s got the water blues
This was the week of the big annual water conference in San Bernardino, and the mood there was gloomy. Otto Kroutil, Ontario Development Agency director, told the crowd, “Without an adequate water supply, we will struggle with bringing in new jobs, development, construction and investments into the community.” Our builder friend Jon Weldy from Apple Valley added, “If we get any kind of growth, we’ll have a problem.” And in Lancaster, builders are having trouble getting approvals because of an iffy water supply. Water bond, anyone?
Read the San Bernardino Sun article here
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