Monthly Archives: May 2020

There is a whiff of bullshit and boot polish in the air. Politics, as opposed to science, does not reward the correction of mistakes, given that correcting a mistake also entails admitting to having made one. Worse, the bigger the mistake, the greater the political urgency of defending it at all costs. – novelist LionelContinue reading “Bloomingcamp Ranch vs the State of California, Part 2”

On May 21, 2020, subscribers to the State Water Resources Control Board listserver received a message from the State Water Resources Control Board: This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) will accept written comments on the draft Order Denying Petitions for ReconsiderationContinue reading “Bloomingcamp Ranch vs the State of California”

California’s Division of Drinking Water of the State Water Resources Control Board wishes to change the Detection Limits for Purposes of Reporting (DLRs) for perchlorate from .004 (4 ?g/l ) to 0.002 (2 ?g/l) . Here is their announcement: The Division of Drinking Water (DDW), at a July 5, 2017 public hearing, presented to the StateContinue reading “State Water Resources Control Board Considers New Perchlorate Detection Limit for Purposes of Reporting”