Water Shortage Losses Mount, Hit $2.2 Billion UC Davis Study Lists 17,100 Job Losses California Department of Food and Agriculture and the University of California, Davis Center for Watershed Sciences provides a glimpse of the consequences of water supply shortages…
CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE Massive Impacts Loom For Farmers There seems to be no question that the big losers in California’s three-year drought are going to be those tied in some way to irrigated agriculture. California has long been the nation’s leading…
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…
Friant Not Included In River-Flow Proposal A great deal of concern is being voiced by community, agricultural and water leaders along lower San Joaquin River tributaries about a State Water Resources Control Board proposal to place 35% of each river’s…