Tag: California Department of Water Resources

Friant Challenges State Board

Friant Challenges State Board Litigation Objects To Drought Emergency Decision Process How the State Water Resources Board and its executive officer, Thomas Howard, have made far-reaching drought emergency decisions have been legally challenged by the Friant Water Authority and most…

Groundwater Bills Signed By Governor

Groundwater Bills Signed By Governor Governor Jerry Brown’s September 16 action in signing three new bills into law has ended California’s long-time status as the last Western state without groundwater regulation but it has also upset many valley growers for…

BAY-DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN

BAY-DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN Twin Tunnels Could Produce Friant Dry Year Water Woes While “progress” on the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan’s ambitious and controversial twin tunnels planning continues to mostly be marked by delay, Friant Division contractors and the Friant Water Authority…

Drought Impact: 0% Friant Supply

NO WATER

Drought’s Impact: 0% Friant Supply Bureau of Reclamation officials’ first 2014 Friant Division supply declaration told Friant water users the bad news they had been expecting – that there currently is no Central Valley Project water to declare. Fourteen drought…

Reservoir Project Hearings Held

KAWEAH RIVER Reservoir Project Hearings Held Three Tulare County hearings have been held on plans by water interests to develop a small new Kaweah River reservoir at McKay Point between Lemon Cove and Woodlake. Hearings were held in Woodlake, Visalia…