CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE Massive Impacts Loom For Farmers There seems to be no question that the big losers in California’s three-year drought are going to be those tied in some way to irrigated agriculture. California has long been the nation’s leading…
Category: California Department of Water Resources
Reclamation, DWR Join In Drought Fight
DROUGHT DIGEST Reclamation, DWR Join In Drought Fight The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and California Department of Water Resources say they have launched a coordinated effort to battle effects of the drought on California water users. The February 5 announcement…
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…
Low Statewide Water Supplies Expected
Low Statewide Water Supplies Expected With drought conditions deepening and environmental restrictions continuing, it’s no surprise that statewide water supplies are likely to be discouragingly low but a late fall 5% initial allocation for State Water Project contractors was startling.…
Delta Is Focus Of Summit
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…
DWR Chief Says BDCP Is A Good Investment
DWR Chief Says BDCP Is A Good Investment State Department of Water Resources Director Mark Cowin used a recent Fresno address to promote the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and its proposed 35-mile twin tunnel Delta bypass water conveyance feature.…
Governor Eases Water Transfer Rules
Governor Eases Water Transfer Rules An executive order has been issued by Governor Brown seeking to ease water restrictions for farmers, following two dry winters in a row. The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and Department of Water Resources (DWR)…
Preliminary Proposal Released
BAY-DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN’s 20,000 PAGES Preliminary Proposal Released Twenty thousand pages of planning, alternatives and environmental analysis have been released as a preliminary Bay-Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) draft environmental study. The consultant draft Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Impact Statement…
What The BDCP Is –And Isn’t
What The BDCP Is –And Isn’t By Nancy Vogel California Department of Water Resources The Bay Delta Conservation Plan is so big — the draft environmental reports top 18,000 pages — and so comprehensive in the way it seeks the…