Agribusiness Conference Discussion Will Include Friant General Manager Friant Water Authority General Manager Ronald D. Jacobsma will participate on a panel discussing the future of California’s water supplies and related issues the 32nd Annual Agribusiness Management Conference to be held…
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Cross Valley Canal Interim CVP Contract Renewals Are Planned By Reclamation
Cross Valley Canal Interim CVP Contract Renewals Are Planned By Reclamation Two-year Central Valley Project interim renewal contracts will be executed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for seven Cross Valley Canal contracting agencies along the Friant-Kern Canal. Reclamation officials…
State Water Rights Fees Ruled Illegal
State Water Rights Fees Ruled Illegal Disputed fees charged to California water rights holders are invalid, a judge’s proposed decision says, because insufficient connection exists between the amount charged, benefits received and burdens imposed on those who pay the bill.…
Drought Disaster
Drought Disaster USDA Designates Most Parts Of California There weren’t nearly enough clouds and rain filling the Golden State’s skies over the past several months, and that has added up to a disaster declaration. Virtually all farmers and ranchers in…
Dry Year Scenario Gets A Review By State Agencies
AG BOARD, WATER COMMISSION Dry Year Scenario Gets A Review By State Agencies The potential of a third consecutive dry year’s impacts around the state has been given a going over by a pair of state boards with a considerable…
Calls For Water
Calls For Water Policy Changes, New Surface Storage Top Needs Voiced At Delta Summit There are all sorts of issues and problems surrounding the troubled Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay-Delta Estuary but one speaker after another – and quite a few in the…
Projects Look At Fire’s Water Supply Impacts
Projects Look At Fire’s Water Supply Impacts Aspen Fire’s Repair Work Is Under Way Near Mammoth Pool Even as thousands of Sierra Nevada acres within the San Joaquin River watershed were beginning to burn northeast of Fresno, a new federal…
New Post Ahead For USBR Chief
New Post Ahead For USBR Chief Connor Acknowledges Valley Supply Problems Michael Connor came to Fresno this month as Commissioner of Reclamation but headed for a new and higher office. Connor, who spoke August 3 at the Delta Water Summit…
Initial Assembly Proposal Would Slash Water Bond
Initial Assembly Proposal Would Slash Water Bond An initial $5 billion version of a retooled state water infrastructure bond was unveiled August 15 by Assembly Democratic leaders with five broad categories that appear to fall well short of what water…
AROUND FRIANT AND CALIFORNIA
SAN JOAQUIN RIVER Millerton Lake Storage Continues Slow Decline With the end of summer in sight and the water year starting to wind down, the Friant Division’s current water operations and supply have a feel of a team playing out…