Senate’s Drought Bill Passage Launches Conference Process For months, House leaders have been clamoring for the Senate to pass some sort of drought bill to propel the issue into a conference commit-tee where a final bill might be crafted. On…
Friant Crisis ‘Didn’t Need To Happen’ Drought conditions that resulted in miniscule San Joaquin River snowpack and runoff conditions would have been tough to deal with under natural circumstances but there should be at least a little Central Valley Project…
DROUGHT CONTINUES Friant Users Scramble For Alternative Water Supplies A tiny amount of water has begun flowing in the Friant-Kern Canal as Friant Division contractors and users scramble to try to mitigate their looming losses and drought conditions by acquiring…
Tule River Lake Success Storage Limit Lifted It doesn’t much matter in the midst of drought with Tule River runoff predicted to be just 10% of average during the current water year but full storage capacity has been restored in…
WATER CRISIS NEWS CONFERENCE IN FRESNO Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin addresses a Fresno City Hall news conference May 15, objecting to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s decision to supply the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors with water released from Friant…
State Water Bond Talks Continuing Time is beginning to run short on efforts in the California Legislature to frame a new, slimmed-down state water bond. Efforts are continuing around the State Capitol to find bipartisan consensus on a measure that…
May 27, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information, Please Contact: RONALD D. JACOBSMA, GENERAL MANAGER Office: (559) 562-6305 or Mobile: (559) 799-0700 Or: JENNIFER BUCKMAN, GENERAL COUNSEL Telephone: (916) 804-0173 Statement of Friant Water Authority Regarding Denial of Temporary…
May 20, 2014 For Immediate Release RONALD D. JACOBSMA, GENERAL MANAGER Office: (559) 562-6305 or Mobile: (559) 799-0700 Or: JENNIFER BUCKMAN, GENERAL COUNSEL Telephone: (916) 804-0173 Friant Files Legal Challenge Over How Exchange Contractors’ Water Is Being Supplied How the…
May 13, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RONALD D. JACOBSMA, GENERAL MANAGER Office: (559) 562-6305 or Mobile: (559) 799-0700 Prepared And Distributed By: J. RANDALL McFARLAND, PUBLIC INFORMATION CONSULTANT Telephone: (559) 260-2775 ZERO DECLARATION CONTINUES DESPITE SHASTA, SAN LUIS STORAGE…
FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER Today’s River And Salmon By Ronald D. Jacobsma For Friant water users and your local districts, there has never been a more difficult water supply year. As we all know much too well, right now there…