Lawsuit Over Water Quality Rules Rejected An about-face by a Sacramento County Superior Court judge may have cleared the way for the Central California Regional Water Quality Control Board to proceed with approval and implementation of its controversial southern San…
Dry Outlook Goes From Bad To Worse
Dry Outlook Goes From Bad To Worse January-April Precipitation Total Is Driest On Record In a seemingly ever-drier water year like this one, it figures that a bunch of early May rain showers would add up to one of the biggest storms…
Friant Member Districts, Friant Operations, San Joaquin River, State and Federal Water Issues, United States Bureau of Reclamation
Another Cut For Friant’s Water Supply
Another Cut For Friant’s Water Supply Class 1 Down To 45%; Restoration Flows Drop Another bite has been taken by this year’s mostly dry conditions out of the Friant Division’s remaining Central Valley Project water supply but this time Friant’s…
Keeping Storage In Water Bond Is Goal
Keeping Storage In Water Bond Is Goal Discussion is increasing in many quarters on what new forms California’s long-proposed water infrastructure bond should take if its bottom line is to shrink but the leader of the state’s largest water…
AROUND FRIANT
CENTRAL VALLEY REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD Dispute Continues Over Groundwater Rules Even though a pending court case could jeopardize its planned action, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board went ahead April 25 with a Fresno workshop that…
Feds Say State Is Out of Safe Drinking Water Act Compliance
Feds Say State Is Out of Safe Drinking Water Act Compliance Taking an action that backs up frustrations in seeking funding for disadvantaged communities’ water quality improvements, the Environmental Protection Agency ruled April 19 that California is not complying with…