New USBR Regional Director Meets With Friant’s Board David Murillo, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s new Mid-Pacific Regional Director, is a man interested in results. Murillo met March 28 with Friant Water Authority directors at their monthly meeting in Visalia…
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Friant Staff Evaluating Draft Bay-Delta Plan
Friant Staff Evaluating Draft Bay-Delta Plan Release of the Bay-Delta Comprehensive Plan’s administrative draft continues and as each chapter becomes publicly available the Friant Water Authority’s staff is evaluating what the plan says. “We are taking a close look at…
West Side Reels From CVP Cutback
West Side Reels From CVP Cutback While the Sierra Nevada’s diminishing snowpack and taking a toll on the Friant Division’s supply, the tiny Delta smelt continues to do a number on the amount of water available to Central Valley Project…
Fresno Session On Nitrate Rules Will Be April 25
Fresno Session On Nitrate Rules Will Be April 25 A tentative general order on Tulare Lake Basin groundwater quality and nitrates management has been issued by the Central California Regional Water Quality Control Board and is to be the subject…
LEARNING ABOUT FRIANT AND THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER
LEARNING ABOUT FRIANT AND THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER William Luce, Friant Water Authority Resources Manager, addresses members of the Fresno County Farm Bureau’s FAACT leadership class on details of the San Joaquin River settlement. The FWA helped arrange a tour of…
Salmon Grown In Rice Fields
YOLO BYPASS Salmon Grown In Rice Fields Scientists working on a new way for farmers to grow salmon along with their crops have met with success in a rice field located in the Yolo Bypass. Using 20 acres of rice…
New Water Panel Chairman Named
CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY New Water Panel Chairman Named Assembly Member Anthony Rendon (D-Lynwood) has been named to chair the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee The appointment was made by Speaker John A.. Pérez (D-Los Angeles). Rendon is serving his first…
Oakdale District OKs Water Sale
VALLEY WEST SIDE Oakdale District OKs Water Sale Oakdale Irrigation District directors plan to to sell water to help West Side farmers for one year. The district will sell 40,000 acre-feet of its Stanislaus River water to the San Luis and…
Agencies Place New Focus On Flood Risks
DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS Agencies Place New Focus On Flood Risks Flooding may not be much on the minds of Californians as a second consecutive much below average rain and snow season winds down but…
Friant Not Included In River-Flow Proposal
Friant Not Included In River-Flow Proposal A great deal of concern is being voiced by community, agricultural and water leaders along lower San Joaquin River tributaries about a State Water Resources Control Board proposal to place 35% of each river’s…