Water remains high on Governor Jerry Brown’s after-election agenda but it remains to be seen what course that objective will take. During a November 7 State Capitol news conference, the third-term Democratic Governor told reporters that there remains a “lot…
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Storm Activity Remains Light
There has been some storm activity so far this fall. It’s just there hasn’t been much of it. The result is an early deficiency from average in valley rain and Sierra snow, although there has been a little precipitation with…
Canal Milfoil Fight Beginning With Dewatering
Water levels are dropping in the Friant-Kern Canal, and troops, equipment and key tools are all in place as the Friant Water Authority launches its biggest fight yet in an attempt to control and hopefully eliminate a pesky aquatic weed, the…
Obama’s Second Term and Water
Obama’s Second Term and Water President Obama’s re-election victory in the November 6 general election is not likely to make any immediate significant difference in the federal water issues with which the Friant Water Authority and its member districts are…
Nitrate Debate To Resume
Bakersfield Workshop Set For November 30 On Irrigated Lands Plan It’s been three months since southern San Joaquin Valley growers and other farm interests gave the Central California Regional Water Quality Board an earful on the state agency’s proposed Irrigated…
Scratching The Surface – Arvin Edison Water Storage District
Percolating surface water for aquifer banking or recharge has a dry side as the Arvin-Edison Water Storage District in Kern County has demonstrated recently. The district has been giving its extensive system of groundwater recharge and banking basins a thorough…
Water Education Foundation Tour
55 people were learning about San Joaquin River issues during a Water Education Foundation tour and viewing the river during a stop atop Mendota Dam.
San Joaquin River Restoration Program
Staff members attached to the San Joaquin River Restoration Program have been trapping fall run salmon that have strayed into the San Joaquin River rather than following their native Merced River waters. The salmon were tagged and released into the…