FRESNO STATE Farm Is Home To Innovative Facility California State University, Fresno’s campus farm will soon become home to a state‐of‐the‐art demonstration facility for innovative water and energy management technologies in agriculture. Some $450,000 in funding from Pacific Gas and…
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New Fees Sought To Fight Nitrate Pollution
STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD New Fees Sought To Fight Nitrate Pollution When it comes to addressing what it terms widespread nitrate pollution problems affecting California groundwater, the State Water Resources Control Board says the state should pursue what it…
Window’ Is Open
Resources Secretary Laird Says Unique Opportunity Exists To Craft Delta Fix Signaling that Governor Brown’s administration continues to place a high priority on finding solutions to the Bay-Delta Estuary’s many problems, state Resources Secretary John Laird has described California as…
Small Delta Tunnel A Looming Valley Ag Disaster?
A recently-floated Natural Resources Defense Council trial balloon seeking to drastically downsize a proposed Delta water conveyance tunnel would have enormous long-term negative consequences to San Joaquin Valley agriculture, the California Farm Water Coalition contends. NRDC and a coalition of…
Sequestration Will Affect Reclamation
Sequestration Will Affect Reclamation FEDERAL DISPUTE Federal sequestration became reality March 1 and while the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation expects its employees and at least some operations and activities to be impacted, the agency’s business most often noticed by water…
Farmland and Climate
Farmland and Climate Study Warns Of Climate Impacts If Ag Continues To Be Paved Over Those in California agriculture have been hearing a great deal about climate change but a new study approaches the subject from a farm-preservation perspective.…
Interior Gets New Secretary
Interior Gets New Secretary Salazar Successor Has Business Background Anyone betting on a politician to succeed resigning Interior Secretary Ken Salazar ended up being startled by a long shot who crossed the nomination wire February 6. President Obama turned to…
Water Supply Outlook Slips
Water Supply Outlook Slips At a glance, some of the key ingredients in the making of this year’s Friant Division water supply don’t look bad. February 1’s average San Joaquin River watershed snowpack was measured at normal levels. The season’s…
Feds Told To Provide More Details On Plans For Delta Smelt, Salmon
Feds Told To Provide More Details On Plans For Delta Smelt, Salmon Judge Weighs U.S. Agencies’ Delay Request Requests to a federal court by two federal agencies for a great deal more time to revise Delta smelt and salmon…
New Congressman Valadao Addresses Friant Directors
New Congressman Valadao Addresses Friant Directors The southern San Joaquin Valley’s newest Congressman got together with the Friant Water Authority Board of Directors January 31 to talk water. Rep. David G. Valadao(R-Hanford), who took office in January to represent the…