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Tap Water Testing Report Released
SFEP partnered with 11 community partners working in disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Bay Area and the California Indian Environmental Alliance along with Simple Lab, an environmental testing service, specializing in laboratory logistics and sampling, to test tap water for its newly released Tap Water Testing Report.
The Tap Water Testing program — including data collection, analysis and interpretation — was formed directly from the Disadvantaged Community and Tribal Involvement Program’s San Francisco Bay Regional Water Needs Assessment findings and by subsequent requests from Tribes and disadvantaged communities to investigate their concerns about their tap water quality.
The “Environmental Justice 2.0 for the Bay-Delta Estuary: Lessons Learned from Environmental Justice Expert-Government Agency Partnerships and Models for the Future” report synthesizes the discussions from a three-hour workshop focused on improving collaborations among community-based organizations, environmental justice (EJ) experts, and government agencies to advance EJ in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary.
The report was prepared in partnership with support from Little Manila Rising, Rise South City, Ninth Root, Devani Santos, Restore the Delta, and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC).
EPA Awards Estuary Partnership $10.6 million for Bay Area Watershed Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this summer approved a pair of grants to the San Francisco Estuary Partnership (SFEP) to advance projects to protect and restore watersheds in Hayward, Richmond, San Pablo, and North Richmond.
The two grants will fund projects: 1) Restoring Wildcat Creek: Community-Led Watershed Health Update and Priority Project; 2) Pivot Points: Moving Nature-based solutions for Water Quality Improvements and Shoreline Adaption
About the Estuary Partnership
The San Francisco Estuary Partnership is a collaborative regional program of resource agencies, non-profits, citizens, and scientists working to protect, restore, and enhance water quality and fish and wildlife habitat in and around the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary. Working cooperatively, we share information and resources that result in studies, projects, and programs that improve the Estuary and communicate its value and needs to the public. The Association of Bay Area Governments is the home agency for Partnership staff and finances. Our offices are located at the Bay Area Metro Center in San Francisco. Please see our Implementation Committee meeting dates and materials here.
Estuary News Magazine
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ESTUARY News was an independent regional magazine published in the public interest by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership and its myriad partners around the Bay and Delta between 1992 and 2023. Written by professional, independent journalists, it provided in-depth, silo-crossing coverage of the environmental, restoration, and climate adaptation issues of our time.
News Around the Estuary
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- DAILY DIGEST, 9/9: Drought and climate change make agave an appealing CA crop; Exploring equity in California water rights: a historical perspective; CA nears its ‘30×30’ conservation goal; How climate change will alter life in L.A.; and more …
- DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: House Natural Resources Committee holds hearing on CA water; Maddy Institute & California Water Institute FSU Water Conference; The future of California’s iconic fog is in limbo; State budget cuts having “profound” impact on water agencies; and more …
- Bees Are Heating Up. How Will They Cope?
- The Pocket Forests Grow Thick