Judge Upholds Urban Water Pact A Sacramento County Supe-rior Court Judge has ruled the state properly weighed environ-mental impacts of a 2003 accord on how to divide the state’s share of Colorado River water. The case involved the Imperial Val-ley’s…
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Governor Eases Water Transfer Rules
Governor Eases Water Transfer Rules An executive order has been issued by Governor Brown seeking to ease water restrictions for farmers, following two dry winters in a row. The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and Department of Water Resources (DWR)…
Senate OKs Water Resources Measure
Senate OKs Water Resources Measure U.S. Senators have overwhelmingly voted bipartisan approval of a major water resources bill that would largely benefit U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects. The Water Resources Development Act, with $12.5 billion in projects, was approved on…
CEQA Reform Gets State Senate’s OK
CEQA Reform Gets State Senate’s OK A measure to streamline the California Environmental Quality Act has won unanimous state Senate approval. If enacted, the bill would permit new projects to move forward if they abide by local specific plans that have…
Surprise! Friant’s Supply Is Up
Surprise! Friant’s Supply Is Up Higher Than Expected Runoff Permits Class 1 Declaration Boost to 55% There is no denying that the current water year’s conditions have been extremely dry but nature has provided the San Joaquin River with a…
AROUND CALIFORNIA
STATE OF CALIFORNIA WATER SYSTEMS Infrastructure Needs Top $44 Billion, EPA Says According to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, California needs $44.5 billion to fix aging water systems over the next two decades. That finding was contained in a federal…
IRRIGATED LANDS REGULATORY PROGRAM
Lawsuit Over Water Quality Rules Rejected An about-face by a Sacramento County Superior Court judge may have cleared the way for the Central California Regional Water Quality Control Board to proceed with approval and implementation of its controversial southern San…
Dry Outlook Goes From Bad To Worse
Dry Outlook Goes From Bad To Worse January-April Precipitation Total Is Driest On Record In a seemingly ever-drier water year like this one, it figures that a bunch of early May rain showers would add up to one of the biggest storms…
Another Cut For Friant’s Water Supply
Another Cut For Friant’s Water Supply Class 1 Down To 45%; Restoration Flows Drop Another bite has been taken by this year’s mostly dry conditions out of the Friant Division’s remaining Central Valley Project water supply but this time Friant’s…
Keeping Storage In Water Bond Is Goal
Keeping Storage In Water Bond Is Goal Discussion is increasing in many quarters on what new forms California’s long-proposed water infrastructure bond should take if its bottom line is to shrink but the leader of the state’s largest water…