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…
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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
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…
Massive Delta Plan’s Release Sparks Debate
Massive Delta Plan’s Release Sparks Debate December’s release of the 34,000-page Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and its environmental review for formal public review has unleashed a torrent of debate and obvious statewide division over the proposal and its key…
DWR Chief Says BDCP Is A Good Investment
DWR Chief Says BDCP Is A Good Investment State Department of Water Resources Director Mark Cowin used a recent Fresno address to promote the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and its proposed 35-mile twin tunnel Delta bypass water conveyance feature.…
Friant Staff Evaluating Draft Bay-Delta Plan
Friant Staff Evaluating Draft Bay-Delta Plan Release of the Bay-Delta Comprehensive Plan’s administrative draft continues and as each chapter becomes publicly available the Friant Water Authority’s staff is evaluating what the plan says. “We are taking a close look at…
Oakdale District OKs Water Sale
VALLEY WEST SIDE Oakdale District OKs Water Sale Oakdale Irrigation District directors plan to to sell water to help West Side farmers for one year. The district will sell 40,000 acre-feet of its Stanislaus River water to the San Luis and…