SAN JOAQUIN RIVER RESTORATION PROGRAM Salmon Facility Funding Has No Impact, USBR Says Continued funding of a recently developed interim San Joaquin River salmon facility under the San Joaquin River Restoration Program would have no significant environmental impact, the U.S.…
Veteran Arvin-Edison Leader Frick Honored Friant Board Presents Resolution For Service Howard Frick, who has been carrying on his family’s agricultural and water service traditions for decades, has been honored for those accomplishments by the Friant Water Authority Board of…
DWR Chief Says BDCP Is A Good Investment State Department of Water Resources Director Mark Cowin used a recent Fresno address to promote the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and its proposed 35-mile twin tunnel Delta bypass water conveyance feature.…
Principles For Water Bond Discussed By Assembly Panel What to do about reshaping a major infrastructure water bond now scheduled to be on next year’s ballot has received a review by the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee. During a July…
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation staff members and consultants are continuing to analyze and study a proposal to greatly increase the San Joaquin River’s water storage and management capabilities and options. Reclamation officials this month conducted a workshop to update cooperating…
Climate Change Study Says 82% Of State’s Native Fish Species Could Face Extinction Another climate change horror story has emerged from a University of California, Davis study. Extinction of 82% of California’s native fish species is possible over the coming century…
Specifics Still Awaited On Delta Plan’s High Costs; Friant Benefits Remain Unidentified Fixing and re-plumbing the troubled Delta environment and water conveyance system would cost more than $19.7 billion with water users to be on the hook for the $14.5…
Groundwater Banking Funds Are Awarded Grants Will Help Ease Impacts Of Restoration A number of districts served with water from the Friant Division of the Central Valley Project have been awarded an estimated $12.7 million in cost-share funding for water…
Delta Stewardship Council Plan Draws West Side Challenge It did not take long for the Delta Stewardship Council’s long-debated plan for the Delta to come under legal fire. A petition for a writ of mandate was filed by the Westlands Water…
