Category: State and Federal Water Issues

Around Friant and the Valley

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…

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…

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…