New USBR Regional Director Meets With Friant’s Board David Murillo, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s new Mid-Pacific Regional Director, is a man interested in results. Murillo met March 28 with Friant Water Authority directors at their monthly meeting in Visalia…
Category: San Joaquin River
West Side Reels From CVP Cutback
West Side Reels From CVP Cutback While the Sierra Nevada’s diminishing snowpack and taking a toll on the Friant Division’s supply, the tiny Delta smelt continues to do a number on the amount of water available to Central Valley Project…
LEARNING ABOUT FRIANT AND THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER
LEARNING ABOUT FRIANT AND THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER William Luce, Friant Water Authority Resources Manager, addresses members of the Fresno County Farm Bureau’s FAACT leadership class on details of the San Joaquin River settlement. The FWA helped arrange a tour of…
Friant Not Included In River-Flow Proposal
Friant Not Included In River-Flow Proposal A great deal of concern is being voiced by community, agricultural and water leaders along lower San Joaquin River tributaries about a State Water Resources Control Board proposal to place 35% of each river’s…
Bureau Files Recaptured River Water Environmental Findings
Bureau Files Recaptured River Water Environmental Findings Returning San Joaquin River Restoration Program flows to Friant users has always been one of the program’s goals and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is taking steps to do just that over the…
Sequestration Will Affect Reclamation
Sequestration Will Affect Reclamation FEDERAL DISPUTE Federal sequestration became reality March 1 and while the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation expects its employees and at least some operations and activities to be impacted, the agency’s business most often noticed by water…
Pint-Sized Tunnel Plan
Pint-Sized Tunnel Plan Environmental Suggestion To Drastically Shrink Delta Conveyance Facility Size Sparks Retorts When the newest concept for tunneling to convey water under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta was being hatched, the project’s scope and capacity were enormous – capable…
LOWER SAN JOAQUIN RIVER
LOWER SAN JOAQUIN RIVER Comment Period Extended For ‘Unimpaired’ Flow Plans Water agencies along the lower San Joaquin River and its tributaries continue to keep close tabs on a State Water Resources Control Board proposal to impose new downstream flow…
Delta Fish Counts Are Discouraging
Delta Fish Counts Are Discouraging Reductions Don’t Consider Estuary’s Many Other Habitat, Water Quality Stressors New counts of six Delta fish species showed discouraging reductions in numbers during 2012. A trawl-net survey within the estuary conducted last fall after a…
Rivers Receive A Pair of Grants
Fresno Foundation Rivers Receive A Pair of Grants The Fresno Regional Foundation has awarded $64,779 in environmental grants aimed at restoration activities on the San Joaquin and Kings rivers. Along with restoration activities, funds are to be used for youth…