Press Releases 2006
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| State Agencies, State Parks, and Mining Company Agree to Start Pollution Control and Cleanup at Empire Mine State Historic Park, Grass Valley | 12/5/06 | 06-034 |
| State Water Resources Control Board Awards $31 Million for Coastal Clean Water Projects in California [Statewide Fund List / North Fund List and Map / South Fund List and Map] |
11/15/06 | 06-033 |
| Tulare County Well Owners/Residents Notified of Results in Voluntary Well Testing Program | 11/9/06 | 06-032 |
| State Water Board Adopts List of Waters That Do Not Meet Standards - Federal Clean Water Act Requires States to Review and Update List | 11/8/06 | 06-031 |
| Water Quality Coalitions Comply with Central Valley Water Board Participant List Requirement | 10/30/06 | 06-030 |
| State Water Board Adds Legislative Search Features to On-Line Proposals Information Tool | 10/18/06 | 06-029 |
| State Water Board Awards $17 Million for Agricultural Water Quality Projects | 10/12/06 | 06-028 |
| State Water Board Awards $18 Million for Clean Runoff Projects - Regions 4, 5, 6 | 9/21/06 | 06-025 |
| State Water Board Awards $18 Million for Clean Runoff Projects - Regions 7, 8, 9 | 9/21/06 | 06-024 |
| State Water Board Presents Grant at Oceans Conference for Project to Protect Critical San Diego Coastal Areas | 9/20/06 | 06-023 |
| State Scholarships Help Teachers Take Ocean Lessons to the Classroom | 9/20/06 | 06-022 |
| State Water Board Awards $18 Million for Clean Runoff Projects - Regions 1, 2, 3 | 9/21/06 | 06-021 |
| Lahontan Water Board Prosecution Team Releases Settlement Proposal in Lake Tahoe Sewage Spill Case | 9/11/06 | Lahontan Regional Board |
| State Water Board Awards $75 Million for Clean Water Projects [Funded Projects] |
9/7/06 | 06-020 |
| Water Board Investigation Leads to Arraignment | 8/16/06 | 06-019 |
| More Blue-Green Algae on Klamath River than Last Year Say Local, Tribal, State and Federal Authorities | 8/14/06 | 06-018 |
| State Water Board Offers Funding for Brownfield Sites | 7/24/06 | 06-017 |
| State Water Board Reminds Californians: When You Save Water, You Save Power | 7/20/06 | 06-016 |
| State Water Resources Control Board Moves Closer to Approving $10 Million for Ocean Protection | 6/8/06 | 06-014 |
State Water Board Celebrates Milestones for Two California Water Recycling Projects |
6/02/06 | 06-013 |
| State Water Board Gives Corcoran $2 Million to Remove Arsenic from Drinking Water | 5/17/06 | 06-012 |
| Hilmar Cheese Pays $3 Million in Water Quality Settlement Agreement | 5/11/06 | Central Valley Regional Board |
| State Water Board Gives $2.68 Million for Upgrades; Helps Willows Celebrate Wastewater Plant | 5/9/06 | 06-011 |
| Regional Water Board Limits Sediment and Runoff from PALCO's Timber Operations in Elk River and Freshwater Creek | 5/9/06 | Northcoast Regional Board |
| Ten U.S. and Mexican States Make Progress on Border Environmental Issues | 5/1/06 | 06-010 |
| Water Boards Unveil Storm Water Education Toolbox Throughout U.S. | 4/27/06 | 06-009 |
| California Supreme Court Upholds Water Boards’ Win in L.A. Trash Case | 4/20/06 | 06-008 |
| Veteran Environmental Enforcer Named State Water Board's New Enforcement Director | 4/18/06 | 06-007 |
| Leviathan Mine Overflow | 4/13/06 | Lahontan Regional Board |
| State Water Board OK's $400,000 for Continuing cleanup of Leviathan Mine | 4/5/06 | 06-006 |
| Regional Water Board Approves Tougher Hilmar Settlement | 3/16/06 | Central Valley Regional Board |
| Judge Affirms Water Boards $62,000 Fines Against Three Water Rights Holders in Delta | 2/16/06 | 06-005 |
| Prosecution Team of Regional Water Board Reaches New Tentative Settlement with Hilmar Cheese | 2/14/06 | Central Valley Regional Board |
| Historic Joint Meeting of Two Cal/EPA Boards Focuses on Air Pollutants that are Transferred to Water | 2/10/06 | 06-004 |
| Regional Water Board Collects Fine to Pay for Cleanups | 2/2/06 | |
| Governor Schwarzenegger's State Water Board Appointees Confirmed | 1/31/06 | 06-003 |
| California Supreme Court Upholds Water Board Efforts to Prevent Degradation of Water Quality by Logging |
1/30/06 |
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| Courts Side with Water Boards on Two Water Quality Cases |
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| Longtime Water Engineer Named Executive Officer of Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board | 1/27/06 | Central Valley Regional Board |
| Lahontan Regional Water Board Proposes $500,000 Penalty for April 2005 Sewage Discharge to the Mojave River | 1/25/06 | Lahontan RWQCB |
| Central Valley Water Board Proposes $400,000 Penalty for a San Joaquin County Gas Station's Failure to Clean Up Groundwater | 1/4/06 | Central Valley Regional Board |