Bond Debate Has Stop At Fresno Hearing Potential water bonds lining up for the November ballot continue to get a Legislative shaking out as lawmakers attempt to whittle down a field of some seven proposals. During a February 20…
CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE Massive Impacts Loom For Farmers There seems to be no question that the big losers in California’s three-year drought are going to be those tied in some way to irrigated agriculture. California has long been the nation’s leading…
The Culprit Behind The Drought Stubborn High Pressure Serves as Record-Setting California Storm Blockade Some scientists and politicians may try to lay blame for California’s drought on climate change but meteorologists have long known exactly what is most responsible for…
KAWEAH RIVER Reservoir Project Hearings Held Three Tulare County hearings have been held on plans by water interests to develop a small new Kaweah River reservoir at McKay Point between Lemon Cove and Woodlake. Hearings were held in Woodlake, Visalia…
New Drought Discussions, Actions Pick Up In Congress Congress has had a lot to say, but has remained significantly divided, about possible ways to deal with California’s water crisis. There are signs the situation may be changing. Friant Water Authority…
Frosting On A Tough Year California’s Chillingly Dry Water Outlook Is Worsening It’s bad enough that Friant Division citrus growers had to run water to battle an extended hard and damaging pre-Christmas freeze but 2013 concluded with calendar year records…
BDCP TWIN TUNNELS COSTS Friant Is Still Unclear Over ‘Beneficiaries’ It is not yet known whether or not the Friant Division’s water contractors are going to be expected to be among water supply beneficiaries who would be counted upon to…
Delano-Earlimart Celebrates Diamond Anniversary Seventy-five years of service in providing water supplies for agriculture has been celebrated by the Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District. Marking the milestone, the closely-knit agricultural community in southern Tulare County and northern Kern County came together for…
Friant Participates In News Conference On Dry Year Worries Two Friant Division water leaders took part in a December 17 news conference in Bakersfield during which Representative David G. Valadao (R-CALIFORNIA) and State Senator Jean Fuller (R-BAKERSFIELD) reiterated their request…
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY Big Creek Project’s Centennial Is Celebrated For 100 years, San Joaquin River and tributary flows that now find their way to beneficial Friant Division uses have been the world’s hardest working water, generating power in…