Water Archives - Bay Area Council

California Resilience Challenge Announces Statewide Competition for Climate Adaptation Projects

Dec 2 2019

The Bay Area Council today launched the official request for proposals for the “California Resilience Challenge” — a $2 million statewide com...

Protecting the Bay Against Rising Seas Means Amending Old Approaches

Oct 11 2019

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

Oct 4 2019

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

Sep 27 2019

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

Aug 2 2019

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

May 24 2019

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

May 10 2019

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

Feb 8 2019

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

Jan 10 2019

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

Jan 4 2019

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...

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