Bay Delta Plan Gets A New Delay More Analysis Of Downsized Tunnel Proposal Under Way Release of a draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) has again been delayed to late January or early February as concerns raised by federal and…
Category: State and Federal Water Issues
Desalinzation Bonds Sold
SAN DIEGO COUNTY Desalinzation Bonds Sold A favorable bond sale rate for a planned Carlsbad desalination plant could result in water produced by the plant costing less than expected. The San Diego County Water Authority in November approved a contract…
Hearing Set On Delta Management Plan
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL Hearing Set On Delta Management Plan The Delta Stewardship Council will hold a public hearing Friday, January 11 to receive comment on its final draft Delta long-term management plan, a recirculated draft environmental impact report and a proposed, plan-related…
Regional Advocacy Award Presented
Friant Water Authority Regional Advocacy Award Presented Extensive and effective public policy advocacy work undertaken on water issues and concerns for many years has been recognized through the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA). An advocacy award was presented to…
Isabella Dam’s Repair Gets OK
Kern River Isabella Dam’s Repair Gets OK The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is finally ready to move ahead with detailed engineering design of a large safety modification program at Isabella Dam northeast of Bakersfield. A record of decision and…
Sacramento Must Upgrade Sewage Plant
Sacramento Must Upgrade Sewage Plant California’s Water Resources Control Board has upheld a regional water board’s direction that Sacramento must clean up treated wastewater it discharges into the Sacramento River. The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District was ordered December 4…
Court Favors A Small Fish
SANTA ANA RIVER Court Favors A Small Fish A federal judge last month upheld a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to double the Southern California area considered critical to the survival of the endangered but tiny algae-eating Santa Ana sucker…
Tough Sewage Rules Affirmed
SACRAMENTO Tough Sewage Rules Affirmed Two years after the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District was ordered by regional regulators to greatly clean the treated quality of wastewater discharged into the Sacramento River, the State Water Resources Control Board has reaffirmed…
Voters Reject Hetch Hetchy
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Voters Reject Hetch Hetchy Draining Study San Francisco voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to launch a formal study into eliminating Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park, the most vital but equally controversial…
New USBR Regional Director Named
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Regional Director A new U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Regional Director will soon be on the job but the Friant Water Authority will continue to see a great deal of his predecessor. David Murillo, a Deputy Reclamation…