Florida Senator Rubio Sees Dam, Hears Problems Friant Water Authority leaders never turn down an opportunity to explain the valley’s water crisis to a United States Senator, especially on Friant’s home turf. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FLORIDA) met with Friant…
Historic Groundwater Bills Win Nod Like it or not – and many in the San Joaquin Valley apparently don’t – laws regulating groundwater extraction and use are probably headed for reality. California’s two legislative houses ignored unanimous opposition from Central…
CVP Water Released To Klamath River Action by the Interior Department and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to release Central Valley Project water in an attempt to aid survival of lower Klamath River salmon is being widely criticized by the Friant…
Faces of the California Drought California’s drought has turned into hardship for many and economic devastation for those who have been most impacted. Their stories are featured in a new Facebook page entitled “Faces of the California Drought,” coordinated by…
BAY-DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN Twin Tunnels Could Produce Friant Dry Year Water Woes While “progress” on the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan’s ambitious and controversial twin tunnels planning continues to mostly be marked by delay, Friant Division contractors and the Friant Water Authority…
House, Senate Conference Talks Go On House and Senate negotiators at press time were continuing their efforts aimed at developing compromise legislation between vastly differing bills approved earlier this year. The bill would address drought impacts. Friant Water Authority General…
August 22, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information, Please Contact: RONALD D. JACOBSMA, GENERAL MANAGER Office: (559) 562-6305 or Mobile: (559) 799-0700 Reclamation’s Klamath Decision and its CVP Harm Statement by RONALD D. JACOBSMA, General Manager, Friant Water Authority…
Drought’s Toll Deepens For Friant Users It was a sad sight that has been repeated over and over this summer through the normally lush 1.2 million acre Friant Division, home of the nation’s most vital and productive citrus region. Orange…
Supplies Continue To Dwindle Storage Declines; Friant Still At Zero It’s only the beginning of August but there is now less water stored in the nine San Joaquin River reservoirs than the total storage capacity of Millerton Lake. The U.S.…
STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD Conservation Mandates Begin California’s first-ever emergency regulations mandating urban water conservation have taken effect following July 28 approval by the Office of Administrative Law. State Water Resources Control Board members on July 15 adopted the…