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…
Category: State and Federal Water Issues
Tulare Irrigation District Cancels Water Deliveries
Tulare Irrigation District Cancels Water Deliveries The current dry year has delivered a knockout punch for Tulare Irrigation District water deliveries. General Manager J. Paul Hendrix said TID will have no water run for only the fourth time…
Hayes To End Role At Interior
David J. Hayes, who was touted as a federal “water czar” for California when he took office, will step down next month as Deputy Secretary of the Interior. Hayes is becoming a senior fellow at the Hewlett Foundation and…
Water Supply Reduced
Water Supply Reduced Reclamation Cuts Friant’s Class 1 Allocation To 55% Promising early winter conditions have turned into an arid late winter/spring and now are promising a summertime Friant Division surface water supply that will seem just plain parched. The…
New USBR Regional Director Meets With Friant’s Board
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…
Friant Staff Evaluating Draft Bay-Delta Plan
Friant Staff Evaluating Draft Bay-Delta Plan Release of the Bay-Delta Comprehensive Plan’s administrative draft continues and as each chapter becomes publicly available the Friant Water Authority’s staff is evaluating what the plan says. “We are taking a close look at…
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…
Fresno Session On Nitrate Rules Will Be April 25
Fresno Session On Nitrate Rules Will Be April 25 A tentative general order on Tulare Lake Basin groundwater quality and nitrates management has been issued by the Central California Regional Water Quality Control Board and is to be the subject…
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…
Salmon Grown In Rice Fields
YOLO BYPASS Salmon Grown In Rice Fields Scientists working on a new way for farmers to grow salmon along with their crops have met with success in a rice field located in the Yolo Bypass. Using 20 acres of rice…