Tag: funding
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Biden-Harris Administration Delivers $520 Million from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to Revitalize Aging Water Infrastructure and Strengthen Drought Resilience
Funding will be provided to 57 projects across six regions to increase drought resilience and improve water delivery systems, advance Biden-Harris administrations’ National Climate Resilience Framework Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior Laura Daniel-Davis today announced more than $520 million from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to revitalize aging water delivery systems across the West. The funding will…
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Cocopah Tribe: habitat restoration along the Colorado River to address climate change
Map: Tribe will restore areas along the Colorado River to address climate change. The Cocopah Tribe will work on riparian areas with money from several federal sources and private funders. The Cocopah Tribe and two other Arizona tribal communities are working with new money and tools to address climate change after receiving grants from the…
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Early support from SNC leads to critical federal funding for North Yuba
Photo: The town of Downieville is located on Highway 49 where the Downie River joins the North Yuba River. Surrounded by steep slopes with dense, overgrown forests and only one main road to enter and exit the region, the town has an extremely high risk of being negatively impacted by wildfire. Just five years ago,…
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Sustainable Water Investment Summit Takeaways: Water Rights, Scarcity and Opportunities
Last week, leaders from a range of industries convened for two days in Los Angeles for Brownstein and WestWater’s inaugural Sustainable Water Investment Summit. The summit featured Antonio Villaraigosa, former mayor of Los Angeles and current infrastructure advisor for the state of California. Tasked by Gov. Gavin Newsom to collaborate across local, state and federal…
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California’s New Governor Calls for a Tax on Drinking Water
Communities throughout the state struggle with dangerous pollutants in their supply, but opponents of the suggested tax say there is no need to tax residents in order to solve the problem. California’s new governor has wasted little time continuing the state’s seemingly limitless expansion of government. Governor Gavin Newsom’s first budget proposal, published last week,…
