FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER Today’s River And Salmon By Ronald D. Jacobsma For Friant water users and your local districts, there has never been a more difficult water supply year. As we all know much too well, right now there…
Today’s River And Salmon
Category: Friant Operations
Construction and Maintenance activities of the Friant Kern Canal
Zero Allocation Concerns Draw Big Crowd
Zero Allocation Concerns Draw Big Crowd Audience Of 2,000 Friant Water Users Hears Drought’s Grim Status, Rallies For Flexibility Briefly heavy rain may have been falling outside but water supply curtailments were most on the minds of a concerned Tulare…
Spring Storms Help But Not Nearly Enough
Spring Storms Help But Not Nearly Enough Welcomed spring storms that ended March and began April brought generally modest amounts of rain to the valley along with greater Sierra Nevada precipitation that included enough high elevation snow to be better…
SHAFTER-WASCO IRRIGATION DISTRICT
SHAFTER-WASCO IRRIGATION DISTRICT New Office And New Manager Lots of change has been taking place at the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District. The District has settled into its new offices at Kimberlina Road and Highway 43 near Waso and has welcomed a…
Fresno Rally And Hearing
Fresno Rally And Hearing A large crowd rallies for water outside Fresno City Hall before a House Natural Resources Committee hearing March 19 on the state’s water crisis and its impacts. Chairman Doc Hastings (R-WASHINGTON), the entire valley Congressional delegation…
State Groundwater Regulation May Be Looming
State Groundwater Regulation May Be Looming Serious state efforts to regulate California’s groundwater use and management that many in irrigated agriculture have been anticipating for more than two decades now appear to be right around the corner. State agencies and…
Friant Water Authority Hosting Informational Meeting on California Drought
Friant Water Authority Hosting Informational Meeting on California Drought Drought Update U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and State Officials join East Side water leaders in a brief informational discussion of the Zero Allocation for users along the Friant-Kern and Madera canals.…
Storms Give Valley And Sierra Welcomed Soaking, Little Relief
Storms Give Valley And Sierra Welcomed Soaking, Little Relief All the San Joaquin Valley rain and mountain snow that fell — in one small early February storm and two larger and wetter events as the month was ending — was…
City of Fresno Becomes 21st Authority Member
Friant Water Authority City of Fresno Becomes 21st Authority Member For the first time, the Friant Water Authority has a city among its membership, and it is the Friant Division’s largest Central Valley Project municipal and industrial contractor as…
Bond Debate Has Stop At Fresno Hearing
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…