Feds Told To Provide More Details On Plans For Delta Smelt, Salmon Judge Weighs U.S. Agencies’ Delay Request Requests to a federal court by two federal agencies for a great deal more time to revise Delta smelt and salmon…
New Congressman Valadao Addresses Friant Directors
New Congressman Valadao Addresses Friant Directors The southern San Joaquin Valley’s newest Congressman got together with the Friant Water Authority Board of Directors January 31 to talk water. Rep. David G. Valadao(R-Hanford), who took office in January to represent the…
Lengthy Friant-Kern Dewatering Process Is Nearing An End
Lengthy Friant-Kern Dewatering Process Is Nearing An End A three-and-a-half month Friant Water Authority maintenance blitz that featured an all-out battle against a voracious aquatic weed known as Western water milfoil has come to an end. For the first time…
Pint-Sized Tunnel Plan
Pint-Sized Tunnel Plan Environmental Suggestion To Drastically Shrink Delta Conveyance Facility Size Sparks Retorts When the newest concept for tunneling to convey water under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta was being hatched, the project’s scope and capacity were enormous – capable…
LOWER SAN JOAQUIN RIVER
LOWER SAN JOAQUIN RIVER Comment Period Extended For ‘Unimpaired’ Flow Plans Water agencies along the lower San Joaquin River and its tributaries continue to keep close tabs on a State Water Resources Control Board proposal to impose new downstream flow…
Delta Fish Counts Are Discouraging
Delta Fish Counts Are Discouraging Reductions Don’t Consider Estuary’s Many Other Habitat, Water Quality Stressors New counts of six Delta fish species showed discouraging reductions in numbers during 2012. A trawl-net survey within the estuary conducted last fall after a…