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The steady drumbeat of support to get more water flowing in the Kern River through Bakersfield continued Tuesday at the State Water Resources Control Board.
During the public comment portion of the meeting three speakers from Bakersfield and Kern Countyâs political realm urged board members to finally hear â and grant â a decade-old petition by the City of Bakersfield to appropriate water on the river to run through the heart of town.
âFor too long, the Kern River has been a barren, unutilized resource left to desolate conditions,â said Jeff Flores, chief of staff for District 3 Kern County Supervisor Mike Maggard. âA dry riverbed strewn with homeless camps and tumbleweeds serves no one well.â
Updated: 11:32 AM PST December 15, 2020
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. San Diego is participating in a statewide program to monitor its untreated wastewater for the virus that causes COVID-19, it was announced Tuesday.
City staff have been monitoring for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2, in untreated wastewater at the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant this month. Following the test run, staff will monitor for SARS-CoV-2 three times a week from January through June 2021.
All data will be reported to the state within 24 hours of receiving results. Assisting the state in monitoring wastewater for this virus is vitally important to the public, said Shauna Lorance, director of the city s public utilities department. We hope that the information we provide will help health officials better understand the virus and stop the spread of COVID- 19.
Representatives from the Yuba Water Agency plan to meet with members of the State Water Resources Control Board today to discuss certain requirements imposed by a recent water quality certification that is expected to cost the agency anywhere from $500 million to $1 billion to implement in order to continue operations along the Yuba River, which resulted in Yuba Water filing a lawsuit in both state and federal court in November.
The State Water Board is considering an amendment to clarify some language in the certification, which is the item that will be discussed at todayâs board meeting. Yuba Water General Manager Willie Whittlesey said itâs possible that the amendment is trying to set up an argument that can be used in court that both of the agencyâs lawsuits should be dismissed, and that it addresses a need â allowing additional time to file petitions for reconsideration of the certification â that doesnât exist.
Assisting the state in monitoring wastewater for this virus is vitally important to the public, said Shauna Lorance, director of the city s public utilities department. We hope that the information we provide will help health officials better understand the virus and stop the spread of COVID-19. The good vaccine news is tempered by worsening case data for the county and state. NBC 7 s Alexis Rivas has more.
The California Department of Public Health and the State Water Resources Control Board initiated the wastewater-based epidemiology program in coordination with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and are participating in the National Wastewater Surveillance System, a collaborative effort among states to monitor wastewater.