UPDATED CALIFORNIA WATER PLAN Another $500 Billion In Spending Needed? California voters just gave a big nod to spending $7.5 billion on storage and other water needs but Proposition 1 would be just a drop in the down payment bucket…
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…
Temperance Flat Project Is ‘Feasible’ Increased Water Reliability, Ecosystem Benefits Identified But Questions Loom Long-awaited findings from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation show that any alternative for developing the proposed Temperance Flat Reservoir in upper Millerton Lake are feasible, with…
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…
BDCP TWIN TUNNELS COSTS Friant Is Still Unclear Over ‘Beneficiaries’ It is not yet known whether or not the Friant Division’s water contractors are going to be expected to be among water supply beneficiaries who would be counted upon to…
Governor’s Highest Water Official Retires Jerry Meral, who retired on New Year’s Eve as Governor Brown’s leading water official, came into the second Brown administration best known for his preservationist and environmental work but earned many accolades from California’s water…
Bay-Delta Comprehensive Plan Release Delayed Again Bay-Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) public review has been delayed again with release of draft documents now scheduled to take place December 13. Release of the public draft was postponed last month because of the…
Review Period May (Or May Not) Get November 15 Start California’s long-awaited Bay-Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), which includes proposals for twin tunnels to provide Delta bypass conveyance for water export supplies, is to be released for public review in mid-November. Or perhaps…
Billions In Benefits Are Seen By State For Delta Tunnels Building the Bay Delta Conservation Plan’s twin Delta tunnels would cost billions but Governor Brown’s administration contends the water conveyance project’s benefits would be even greater. An August 5 report presented…
Delta Is Focus Of Summit Speakers from a wide variety of perspectives will address crucial Bay-Delta Estuary water, infrastructure and environmental issues during a Delta Water Summit on Saturday, August 3, that the Friant Water Authority is co-sponsoring. The public…