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Baykeeper Notifies Santa Clara Valley Water of Intent to Sue
Agency Violated Public Trust by Mismanaging Water Flows OAKLAND—SF Baykeeper served Santa Clara Valley Water District yesterday afternoon with notice of Baykeeper’s intent to sue the...
Scientists Link Oakland Estuary, Lake Merritt Murky Water to Algal Bloom
SF Baykeeper Cautions Against Contact with the Brown Waters OAKLAND—Over the past weeks, many residents and visitors to Lake Merritt, the Oakland Estuary, San Leandro Bay, and...
Join us at the Environmental Justice Summit on Aug 20
This year we're launching an exciting collaboration with Hip Hop for Change and GRAMMY-nominated artist RyanNicole Austin to connect local frontline communities with Baykeeper’s special brand of...
State Releases Draft Delta Tunnel Environmental Review: Baykeeper Statement
The California Department of Water Resources today released an environmental impact report for its proposed Delta tunnel project, which would divert water from the Sacramento River under the...
Bringing a Repeat Polluter to Justice
In a recent roundup of industrial polluters around the Bay, our pollution monitoring team encountered a familiar name: Granite Rock. Granite Rock is a mining and construction company with several...
SF Baykeeper Statement: SCOTUS Issues Decision Gutting Federal Government Regulatory Oversight
Oakland, CA—The United States Supreme Court today released its ruling in West Virginia v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, which guts the EPA's authority to regulate climate-disrupting...
Ancient Underwater Mountains in the Bay
For millennia, the body of water we now call San Francisco Bay was brimming with oysters—so many that their discarded shells formed little mountains and ridges below the surface. Then things...
SF Baykeeper Supports Efforts by CA Tribes and Community Groups to Ask Gov Newsom to Complete Bay-Delta Water Conservation Plan
San Francisco Baykeeper submitted a letter in support of a petition filed last month with the California Water Resources Control Board by the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok...
Baykeeper Files SCOTUS Brief to Defend Clean Water Act Protection for Waters of Significant National Importance
New York, NY, June 16, 2022—Waterkeeper Alliance, San Francisco Baykeeper, Bayou City Waterkeeper, and 47 additional Waterkeeper groups from across the country filed an amicus brief with...
Baykeeper Petitions State to Reject SF Water Board’s Weak Rules for Urban Stormwater
OAKLAND, CA—Today, San Francisco Baykeeper brought a formal petition to Governor Newsom’s administration, asking the California State Water Resources Control Board to intervene and reject the...
Regional Water Board Approves Weak Pollution and Trash Rules for Urban Stormwater
Today, the SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board approved its Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit, which is supposed to reduce the trash, metals, and bacteria that Bay Area cities discharge...
An Epic 24-Hour Swim—With Whales & Wine
At 9pm on April 30, swimmers from an open water relay team jumped into the inky black waters of the Napa River and embarked on an epic journey to San Francisco’s Aquatic Park. The 36-mile swim was...