Water Archives - Bay Area Council

To Meet Governor’s Drought Goals, These Projects Deserve Support

Aug 26 2022

By Jim Wunderman and Charley Wilson Governor Newsom recently unveiled a bold strategy for strengthening California’s drought resilience by storin...

Bay Area Council Applauds Governor’s Water Supply Strategy to Adapt to Drought, Climate Change

Aug 11 2022

The Bay Area Council today (Aug. 11, 2022) applauded Governor Newsom’s Water Supply Strategy to strengthen the state’s resilience to increasing...

State Water Allocations Highlight Urgency to Create More H2O

Feb 25 2022

As we enter the third year of our most recent drought, the federal Bureau of Reclamation this week announced dramatic reductions in water deliverie...

Council CEO Jim Wunderman to Headline Statewide Desalination Conference

Jan 14 2022

The recent deluge of rain and snow started to refill California reservoirs and aquifers badly depleted by record drought, but it didn’t begin to ...

Council Advocacy Helps Push Two Major Water Projects Closer to the Finish Line

Dec 17 2021

Plans to build the new Sites Reservoir and expand the Pacheco Reservoir both cleared major hurdles at the California Water Commission this week (De...

Council Confronts Tough Options for Boosting Drought Resilience

Dec 10 2021

With California plunging deeper into drought, the Bay Area Council Water & Climate Resilience Committee met with Natural Resources Secretary Wa...

Steep Water Restrictions Loom as Talks Collapse

Nov 5 2021

Millions of Bay Area water users could see cuts of up to 50% in dry years after state water officials walked away from negotiations over a conteste...

The Pen is Not Mightier than the Drought

Oct 29 2021

Bay Area Council CEO this week penned an OpEd for Calmatters highlighting the urgency of developing new water sources for drought-stricken Californ...

Council Asks Legislature to Help Silicon Valley Stave Off Drought Disaster

Aug 20 2021

The Bay Area Council this week called on state legislators to appropriate $20 million to help Valley Water—Silicon Valley’s primary water provi...

Attention Shifts to State Water Plan as Drought Worsens

Aug 13 2021

Plans by state agencies to force water users in the Bay Area and elsewhere to leave more water in rivers and streams at the expense of homes and bu...

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