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Get ready to see a plan for billions of dollars in parks and water improvements on California’s 2018 ballot
by LA Times
Voters will decide in June 2018 whether to borrow $4 billion to fund improvements to the California’s parks and water systems after Gov. Jerry Brown…
READ MOREDespite some opposition from Los Angeles, giant Southern California water agency approved Delta tunnels project
by The Sacramento Bee
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s board voted to pay for about a quarter of the tunnels project, Gov. Jerry Brown’s $17.1 billion effort…
READ MOREA Landmark California Plan puts Floodplains Back in Business
by NewsDeeply
A century of levee building confined the state’s major rivers to narrow channels. A new policy aims to free them again, which could not only…
READ MOREWill America’s infrastructure investments withstand future disasters
by GreenBiz
When Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the gulf coast of Texas in late August, it led to widespread flooding in Houston and other cities and…
READ MOREThis project will supply farmers with treated water from kitchen and bathroom drains
by The Modesto Bee
Work is well under way on a project that will provide West Side farmers with highly treated water from sewage treatment plants in Modesto and…
READ MOREHurricane-Battered U.S. Shed 33,000 jobs in September
by The Wall Street Journal
The U.S. economy was nicked by two summer hurricanes in September but is showing signs of underlying strength. The country shed 33,000 jobs in September,…
READ MOREMonterey-Salinas Highway water pipeline bridge ready for construction, Cal Am desal project completion date slides
by Monterey County Herald
Monterey >> Work is set to begin on a critical element of the Monterey Peninsula water supply project — the pipeline bridge over the Monterey-Salinas…
READ MORECalifornia Cities Will Flood, So Why Aren’t We Ready?
by KQED
After big natural disasters like Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, federal officials often tighten up flood protection standards. That’s what happened in California after Hurricane Katrina…
READ MOREGov. Brown’s grand water-tunnel project runs into money uncertainty
by SFGATE
Just months after Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to shore up California’s water system with two giant tunnels won key approval from regulators, the $17 billion…
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