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.…
Category: San Joaquin River
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…
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…
Today’s River And Salmon
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…
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…
‘Most Threatened River’ Tag Given To San Joaquin
‘Most Threatened River’ Tag Given To San Joaquin San Joaquin River litigation Settlement and federal legislation, beginnings of river restoration and water management projects and activities, and contribution of 15-20% of Friant users’ contracted supplies for interim in-stream flows apparently…
Massive Delta Plan’s Release Sparks Debate
Massive Delta Plan’s Release Sparks Debate December’s release of the 34,000-page Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and its environmental review for formal public review has unleashed a torrent of debate and obvious statewide division over the proposal and its key…