groundwater depletion

Let Wine Industry Self Police Water Discharges? Heck no. Take action by August 30th 5pm

Big Wine, Community Rights/Rights of Nature, ICYMI, Resources / August 29, 2023

Over 2 million pounds of chemicals a year leaching into depleted water resources furthering the degradation of our water. Please take time to send water board an email. Wine industry has written tons of letters so we need to respond. North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board 5550 Skylane Blvd, Suite A Santa Rosa, CA …

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LAWSUIT: Well Ordinance Favoring Wine Water Grab Coming To An End?

Community Rights/Rights of Nature, Groundwater, ICYMI / June 26, 2023

Public Trust – groundwater lawsuit update & request Editorial Comment: As homeowners wells and local creeks dried up during the drought, wine industry kept drilling and County kept approving new wells….consider supporting Russian River Keeper and California Coastkeeper Alliance. You will remember the lawsuit that was settled last year between Sonoma County and California Coastkeeper …

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Public Nails It! Supervisors out of touch….

Climate, News, Opinion / April 29, 2021

Water conservation EDITOR: Let’s build new housing developments smothering our Earth (not referring to rebuilds because of fires). Let’s approve new vineyards stripping our hills and fields. Let’s approve cannabis grows doing the same with much more water use than vineyards. Let’s keep golf courses green. And then let’s advise residential users to conserve water. …

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Coast Action Groups nails it: Russian River Drought Conditions – State Water Board Authority

Big Wine, Groundwater, News / April 26, 2021

Why is the state not stopping illegal water diversions on the Russian River?  Big wine gets a pass….. Russian River Drought Conditions – State Water Board Authority To  erik.ekdahl@waterboards.ca.gov,   karen.kramer@waterboards.ca.gov Dear Erik I am bringing issues to your desk (when I know you have plenty to deal with).  They are not new.  They have been there for …

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