Jim Watson – The Sites Reservoir and North of the Delta Offstream Storage (NODOS) Project In the summer of 2015, in the midst of the worst drought California has experienced in decades, water was released from Shasta, Oroville, and Folsom Reservoirs to provide vital flows to the Sacramento River – this resulted in some of the…
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Tim Goodwin – DWR DGMA Update
The Presentation Topic: Tim Godwin, PG, CHG of DWR will provide a general presentation illustrating the effort to date on the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Mr. Godwin will create an open dialogue session to provide some clarity to the implementation of SGMA, on specifics of the regulations, and various programs. The…
Plug-InElectric Vehicles in the Sacramento Region
October 21, 2014 Groundwater Monitoring Realted to Oil and Gas Activities
Senate Bill 4 (SB 4) required the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources to adopt regulations specific to oil and gas well stimulation. “An Overview of Implementation of Senate Bill 4 (SB4) aka The Fracking Bill“
October 21, 2014 Drought and Sustainable Groundwater Act 2014
Marketing Your Small Business
Dr. Cindy Schreier discussed some of the unique challenges of marketing a business to a national clientele on a small budget. Topics included creating/maintaining your website, sending an eblast/newsletter without getting black listed, and hosting a webinar.
California High-Speed Rail Update
Touted as the largest infrastructure project in the U.S., the historic high-speed rail project slated to begin in the Golden State’s Central Valley will put thousands to work. Mark McLoughlin will discuss planning, contract opportunities, environmental benefits and the future of high-speed rail, specifically for Northern California.
2013 Holiday Mixer Donates over $5000 to Local Charity
It was a great turnout for this annual SacPEMA/SAME/SMPS event. 150 registered attendees and 15 corporate sponsors came together at Mulvaney’s Next Door the B&L to raise over $5000 for St. John’s Shelter Program for Women and Children. To see if you caught our photographer’s eye, Please visit our Flickr Photo Gallery.
Clean Water Act (CWA) 319(h) Nonpoint Source (NPS) Grant Program
Annually, the California NPS Program allocates approximately $4.0 million of CWA Section 319(h) (CWA §319(h)) funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.EPA) to support implementation and planning projects that address water quality problems in surface and ground water resulting from NPS pollution. The goal of these projects is to ultimately lead to restoring the…
“Recent Changes in California’s Vapor Intrusion Guidance”
Environmental practitioners face numerous challenges when evaluating exposure to subsurfacevapors that migrate into buildings. To assist in these evaluations, DTSC guidance has been updated to reflect recent developments in the field of vapor intrusion. This presentation will review the difficulties associated with obtaining representative data for exposure assessments. Additionally, new technologies for indoor air sampling…