Groundwater Bills Clear Legislative Committees The state continues to move closer to groundwater regulation. Two bills aimed at advancing sustainable management of California’s groundwater basins moved out of Senate and Assembly committees June 24 with talks continuing to work out…
Category: Friant Member Districts
What Friant Wants In Drought Measure
What Friant Wants In Drought Measure The Friant Water Authority has provided specifics of what the Friant family does and does not support as a House-Senate conference labors to iron out extensive differences in California drought legislation. Authority Chairman Harvey…
Friant’s ‘Zero’ Disaster Mounts
Friant’s ‘Zero’ Disaster Mounts Parched Trees Being Pulled As Senior Rights Water Releases Begin Zero remains the frustrating word for Friant Division growers who continue to have no Central Valley Project water to use and, in many cases, little or…
Court Rejects Friant’s Petition For Release Order
Court Rejects Friant’s Petition For Release Order A federal judge has rejected the Friant Water Authority’s request for a temporary restraining order to block the United States government from making Friant Dam releases to supply downstream senior water rights holders.…
Friant Crisis ‘Didn’t Need To Happen’
Friant Crisis ‘Didn’t Need To Happen’ Drought conditions that resulted in miniscule San Joaquin River snowpack and runoff conditions would have been tough to deal with under natural circumstances but there should be at least a little Central Valley Project…
DROUGHT CONTINUES
DROUGHT CONTINUES Friant Users Scramble For Alternative Water Supplies A tiny amount of water has begun flowing in the Friant-Kern Canal as Friant Division contractors and users scramble to try to mitigate their looming losses and drought conditions by acquiring…
WATER CRISIS NEWS CONFERENCE IN FRESNO
WATER CRISIS NEWS CONFERENCE IN FRESNO Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin addresses a Fresno City Hall news conference May 15, objecting to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s decision to supply the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors with water released from Friant…
Statement of Friant Water Authority Regarding Denial of Temporary Restraining Order on Water Releases To San Joaquin River
May 27, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information, Please Contact: RONALD D. JACOBSMA, GENERAL MANAGER Office: (559) 562-6305 or Mobile: (559) 799-0700 Or: JENNIFER BUCKMAN, GENERAL COUNSEL Telephone: (916) 804-0173 Statement of Friant Water Authority Regarding Denial of Temporary…
Friant Files Legal Challenge Over How Exchange Contractors’ Water Is Being Supplied
May 20, 2014 For Immediate Release RONALD D. JACOBSMA, GENERAL MANAGER Office: (559) 562-6305 or Mobile: (559) 799-0700 Or: JENNIFER BUCKMAN, GENERAL COUNSEL Telephone: (916) 804-0173 Friant Files Legal Challenge Over How Exchange Contractors’ Water Is Being Supplied How the…
Reclamation Will Begin To Drain Away Friant’s CVP Water on Thursday
May 13, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RONALD D. JACOBSMA, GENERAL MANAGER Office: (559) 562-6305 or Mobile: (559) 799-0700 Prepared And Distributed By: J. RANDALL McFARLAND, PUBLIC INFORMATION CONSULTANT Telephone: (559) 260-2775 ZERO DECLARATION CONTINUES DESPITE SHASTA, SAN LUIS STORAGE…