DWR Says Delta Tunnels Plans ARE PROGRESSING; DOUBTS REMAIN Planning is moving forward slowly on the proposed pair of water conveyance tunnels that are the key ingredient in the much-delayed Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) but the project remains contentious…
Category: Friant Operations
Construction and Maintenance activities of the Friant Kern Canal
Delta Water Cut Ruling Appealed To High Court
Delta Water Cut Ruling Appealed To High Court An appeal of a crucial Delta water use ruling has been made to the U.S. Supreme Court by western San Joaquin Valley growers. Acting on behalf of West Side interests, the Pacific…
Trimmed-Down Bond Heads For Ballot
Trimmed-Down Bond Heads For Ballot Passage Caps Years-Long Effort By Friant For the second time in five years, an all-out effort by the Friant Water Authority has resulted in legislative approval and a governor’s signature of a comprehensive water infrastructure…
Florida Senator Rubio Sees Dam, Hears Problems
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…
CVP Water Released To Klamath River
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…
BAY-DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN
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, 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…
Drought’s Toll Deepens For Friant Users
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
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.…
Water Shortage Losses Mount, Hit $2.2 Billion
Water Shortage Losses Mount, Hit $2.2 Billion UC Davis Study Lists 17,100 Job Losses California Department of Food and Agriculture and the University of California, Davis Center for Watershed Sciences provides a glimpse of the consequences of water supply shortages…