Our Highways Are Killing Salmon

For over 20 years, researchers in the Puget Sound area have seen a connection between stormwater running off highways and salmon deaths. Previously known as the “coho mortality phenomenon” or… Read More…


Keeping Sewage Out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Following a successful enforcement action by California Coastkeeper Alliance, Sacramento County is now required to repair its outdated sewage system, which has caused multiple sewage overflows over recent years. Sewer… Read More…


An Uptick in Septic Protections

In California, there are over 1.2 million septic tanks, RVs, and other Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems, commonly called OWTS. OWTS are incredibly important for sanitation in areas where people don’t… Read More…


Greener Doesn’t Always Mean Better

As California endures through severe droughts and water becomes an increasingly scarce resource, water suppliers have the difficult task of keeping California taps running. This essential job becomes even more… Read More…


Conservation Before Crisis

Between 2012 – 2016 California endured one of the harshest droughts in the state’s history. Subsequently, 2017 was one of the wettest years on record, and between 2019-2023, the state… Read More…


MPAs Have Worked for 10 Years, Let’s Make Them Even Stronger

Just over 10 years ago, California created a network of underwater parks called marine protected areas (MPAs). Today, 124 MPAs protect 16% of state waters along California’s coast – ranging… Read More…


Caulerpa: A Living Pollutant

Two hundred square meters of sea floor off the coast of Newport Bay have been infested with the green algae Caulerpa prolifera. Like other species of Caulerpa, California’s Department of… Read More…


The Gold Rush is Over – We Need to Modernize Our Water Rights System

California’s history is tied to the gold rush. It brought people to the state, was a driving factor in California’s admission into the United States, and set the foundation for… Read More…


Investing in our Communities’ Clean Water Future

Fifty years ago, the federal government passed the Clean Water Act to clean up the nation’s rivers, lakes, and oceans, many of which were polluted to dangerous levels. The State… Read More…


Businesses Are Tired of Dealing with the State’s Crap

At the beginning of the year, many of the state’s sewer systems were overwhelmed by California’s successive torrential downpours. Cities like San Francisco reported that over 115 million gallons of… Read More…


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