Greetings!
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Please enjoy our March wrap-up!
Inland Empire Waterkeeper (IEWK) is a grassroots nonprofit water quality organization dedicated to enhancing and protecting the Upper Santa Ana River Watershed through advocacy, education, restoration and enforcement. We look forward to working with concerned citizens like you to fulfill our mission. |
| Riverside County Water Symposium, 2008 |
 Inland Empire Waterkeeper is proud to announce our support and participation in the 5th Annual Riverside County Water Symposium! As a co-host of the event we encourage all of you to attend on Thursday, May 1 from 9am to 3pm at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa.
Non-profits should ask about the reduced ticket price.
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| L.E.A.P.S Update |
March 6th: EVMWD files response with objections to Nevada Hydro's PEA. (PDF, 2240 KB)
March 7th:  IEWK filed a request to extend the review period of the "final" proponent's Environmental Assessment (PEA) (PDF, XX KB)
March 13th: IEWK sent this press release (PDF, 72 KB) to local news outlets and concerned individuals.
March 10th: The Admin. Law Judge removed the review deadline of March 7. No new date for comments has been given yet. (PDF, 1177 KB)
March 10th: The CPUC's Division of Ratepayer Advocates instructed the Admin. Law Judge for the Sunrise Powerlink project that TE/VS cannot be approved at the same time the Sunrise Powerlink CPCN is granted (see page 3 of 40: PDF, 1516 KB)
March 20th: FERC grants Nevada Hydro "certain transmission rate incentives for the TE/VS Interconnect" (PDF, 75 KB)
[LEAPS is the Lake Elsinore Advanced Pump Storage project that is two-fold: hydroelectric dam above Lake Elsinore in the Cleveland National Forest and 30-mile interconnect transmission line through the National Forest.] Read more HERE, or www.stopleaps.info or www.evmwd.com or www.leapsforward.org. |
| Events & Activities |
EARTH DAY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!
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| San Jacinto River Stage IV project |
 As a member of the San Jacinto River Watershed Council, IEWK attended a meeting on 03/12/2008 about the engineering design & environmental status of the "San Jacinto Stage IV" project.
Led by the City of San Jacinto, they propose to levee a section of the river to stop the flooding of Sanderson St., State St. and Ramona Expwy. during floods. When these roads wash out, emergency vehicles cannot access hillside homes. Currently, there is no law requiring roads to stay out of floodplains.
Of course, changing a river does not come easily. Mystic Lake, San Jacinto Wildlife Area, dairies, farmland and nutrient TMDLs are located downstream of the project - and the project will facilitate future urban development.
Draft EIR is due for public review this summer. IEWK will share dates of all public scoping sessions as soon as we hear of them. (Photo courtesy of W. Hoose) |
