Implementation Begins For New Discharge Rules With the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program general order in place for the Tulare Lake Basin region, everyone who makes use of irrigation in farming is about to…
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REGIONAL WATER BOARD
Groundwater Quality Discharge Rules OK’d All portions of the Friant Division service area are now covered by strict new regulations governing water quality of discharges into the aquifer, rules that affect all irrigated agricultural acreage. The Central Valley Regional Water Quality…
Agribusiness Conference Discussion Will Include Friant General Manager
Agribusiness Conference Discussion Will Include Friant General Manager Friant Water Authority General Manager Ronald D. Jacobsma will participate on a panel discussing the future of California’s water supplies and related issues the 32nd Annual Agribusiness Management Conference to be held…
Bureau Expects Supply Challenge For CVP In 2014
Bureau Expects Supply Challenge For CVP In 2014 Their message may not have been as dramatic as that left recently with western San Joaquin Valley water users but top regional U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials made it clear July 15…
Groundwater Being Discussed
LOWER TULE RIVER AND PIXLEY IRRIGATION DISTRICTS Groundwater Being Discussed A task force comprised of landowners continues to meet every few months to talk through the growing concern over groundwater depletion within the Lower Tule River and Pixley irrigation districts…
SAN JOAQUIN RIVER RESTORATION PROGRAM
SAN JOAQUIN RIVER RESTORATION PROGRAM Salmon Facility Funding Has No Impact, USBR Says Continued funding of a recently developed interim San Joaquin River salmon facility under the San Joaquin River Restoration Program would have no significant environmental impact, the U.S.…
Veteran Arvin-Edison Leader Frick Honored
Veteran Arvin-Edison Leader Frick Honored Friant Board Presents Resolution For Service Howard Frick, who has been carrying on his family’s agricultural and water service traditions for decades, has been honored for those accomplishments by the Friant Water Authority Board of…
DWR Chief Says BDCP Is A Good Investment
DWR Chief Says BDCP Is A Good Investment State Department of Water Resources Director Mark Cowin used a recent Fresno address to promote the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and its proposed 35-mile twin tunnel Delta bypass water conveyance feature.…
State Bond Principles
Principles For Water Bond Discussed By Assembly Panel What to do about reshaping a major infrastructure water bond now scheduled to be on next year’s ballot has received a review by the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee. During a July…
Groundwater Banking Funds Are Awarded
Groundwater Banking Funds Are Awarded Grants Will Help Ease Impacts Of Restoration A number of districts served with water from the Friant Division of the Central Valley Project have been awarded an estimated $12.7 million in cost-share funding for water…