BK In The News: April 10, 2024
SACRAMENTO -- Are state and federal water pumps killing critically endangered fish species?
Environmental activists say it is a well-documented problem in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta that is now out of control. They accuse state and federal water projects of knowingly putting certain at-...
BK In The News: April 9, 2024
SELLING WATER: Gov. Gavin Newsom has a new sales pitch for a tunnel to move more water south from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta that past governors have tried and failed to build for five decades. “The Delta conveyance is an adaptation project,” he said last week in a snowy field in the...
BK In The News: April 8, 2024
Powerful pumps that supply much of California’s population with water have killed several thousand threatened and endangered fish this year, prompting a coalition of environmental groups to demand that state and federal agencies take immediate steps to limit “alarming levels” of deaths.
In a letter...
BK In The News: April 8, 2024
“Pumping plants in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta severely harmed or killed almost double the legal amount of Chinook salmon and Steelhead trout in recent months, dealing yet another blow to the struggling endangered species. An estimated 3,030 winter-run Chinook and 2,919 Steelhead were...
Press Release: April 4, 2024
State and federal agencies must take immediate action to stop the unauthorized killing of thousands of Chinook salmon and steelhead at state and federal water export pumps in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Delta), according to a coalition of environmental and fishing groups. Both fish are...
BK In The News: April 4, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Baykeeper, an Oakland-based nonprofit that defends the health of the San Francisco Bay, on Thursday asked a federal judge for a favorable ruling in a fight with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the designation of an endangered fish species.
The legal fight concerns the...
BK In The News: March 21, 2024
A Sacramento judge upheld a decision by California’s water regulator to cut back agricultural and municipal water use from the San Joaquin River. The decision could lend support for future regulations in the rest of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta system.
It comes amid declining fish...
BK In The News: March 20, 2024
A court has upheld a key decision by California’s water board calling for reductions in water diversions from the San Joaquin River and its tributaries to help revive struggling fish populations.
In his ruling, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Stephen Acquisto rejected lawsuits by water...
BK In The News: March 15, 2024
Ten years. That's how much time the Bay Area's 37 wastewater treatment plants will have to reduce fertilizer and sewage in their water by 40%. The estimated price tag for the facility upgrades is $11 billion.
The San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board plans to adopt the change as part...
Blog Post: March 1, 2024
San Francisco Bay and the Delta are home to countless microorganisms that are invisible to the naked eye. At normal levels, microorganisms like algae and bacteria are the basis of a thriving food web. But when conditions are ripe, certain kinds of algae and bacteria can grow out of control, causing...