SUCCESS DAM Safety Concerns Shifted Thirteen years after its growing Success Dam seismic safety concerns began leading to Lake Success capacity constraints, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has shifted its primary worry to the spillway and potential for flood…
Category: State and Federal Water Issues
Speaking At A National Water Conference
Mario Santoyo, Friant Water Authority Assistant General Manager, speaks to the National Water Resources Association’s U.S. convention earlier this month at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego County. Listening (right) is another panelist, Association of California Water Agencies Executive…
Friant Leaders Meet With Delta Council Member
Friant Leaders Meet With Delta Council Member With so many crucial and dynamic issues continuing to unfold, Friant Water Authority officials never turn down an…
Governor Lists Water On Agenda
Water remains high on Governor Jerry Brown’s after-election agenda but it remains to be seen what course that objective will take. During a November 7 State Capitol news conference, the third-term Democratic Governor told reporters that there remains a “lot…
Obama’s Second Term and Water
Obama’s Second Term and Water President Obama’s re-election victory in the November 6 general election is not likely to make any immediate significant difference in the federal water issues with which the Friant Water Authority and its member districts are…
Nitrate Debate To Resume
Bakersfield Workshop Set For November 30 On Irrigated Lands Plan It’s been three months since southern San Joaquin Valley growers and other farm interests gave the Central California Regional Water Quality Board an earful on the state agency’s proposed Irrigated…
Water Education Foundation Tour
55 people were learning about San Joaquin River issues during a Water Education Foundation tour and viewing the river during a stop atop Mendota Dam.
San Joaquin River Restoration Program
Staff members attached to the San Joaquin River Restoration Program have been trapping fall run salmon that have strayed into the San Joaquin River rather than following their native Merced River waters. The salmon were tagged and released into the…