Protecting the Famed Clarity of Lake Tahoe

by JakeAdmin | Jul 20, 2022 | Water Quality, CEQA Successes

A conservation group used CEQA to challenge Placer County’s approval of a massive expansion of the Palisades Tahoe resort (previously named Squaw Valley). The project, which would take 25 years to construct, would have allowed construction of 850 housing units in a...

Protecting the San Francisco Bay from Sewage Overflows

by Sev Williams | Mar 6, 2013 | CEQA Successes, Water Quality

When the Catellus Development Corporation planned the Mission Bay Project, it was to consist of thousands of housing units, a 43-acre UC campus, and millions of square feet of office space. The project planned to hook into the City of San Francisco’s combined sewage...

Requiring Mitigation for Water Quality Impacts of Major Expansion of Port of Stockton

by Sev Williams | Jan 16, 2013 | CEQA Successes, Water Quality

In 2004, the Port of Stockton approved a major expansion to triple its size. The Port acknowledged that the project would have a host of significant impacts on the surrounding San Francisco Bay-Delta watershed, which is one of the most sensitive water bodies in...

Requiring Scrutiny of Controversial Water Privatization Project in Stockton

by Sev Williams | Jun 13, 2013 | CEQA Successes, Water Quality

In 2003, the City of Stockton approved a $600 million contract privatizing the City’s water utilities for a twenty year period. The contract ceded virtually all operational and managerial control of the City’s drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities to...

Protecting the Pristine McCloud River Near Mount Shasta

by Sev Williams | Mar 28, 2013 | CEQA Successes, Water Quality

At the base of Mount Shasta, the McCloud River is one of the most famous and pristine trout streams in the world. In 2003, the Nestlé company submitted a proposal to bottle 520 million gallons of spring water from the McCloud for 50 years. The plan also called for the...

Protecting San Gabriel Groundwater Basin from Landfill Pollution

by Sev Williams | Jun 27, 2013 | CEQA Successes, Water Quality

In 1994 the San Gabriel Groundwater Basin was in danger of pollution from an unlined landfill proposed by the Azusa Land Reclamation Company. Despite evidence that the landfill would pollute the groundwater basin, no CEQA review was conducted in the approval process....