House, Senate Conference Talks Go On House and Senate negotiators at press time were continuing their efforts aimed at developing compromise legislation between vastly differing bills approved earlier this year. The bill would address drought impacts. Friant Water Authority General…
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Drought, Water Issues Get World Ag Expo Focus
Drought, Water Issues Get World Ag Expo Focus California’s drought and all its related problems were a big topic at the recent World Ag Expo in Tulare. Between numerous commercial exhibits and demonstrations and a number of special presentations, there…
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…
Costa Legislation Seeks To Boost Valley Water Supply
Costa Legislation Seeks To Boost Valley Water Supply The western San Joaquin Valley’s deepening water supply crisis is being targeted in legislation introduced May 10 by Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno). Costa said what he calls the “More Water…
Court Favors A Small Fish
SANTA ANA RIVER Court Favors A Small Fish A federal judge last month upheld a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to double the Southern California area considered critical to the survival of the endangered but tiny algae-eating Santa Ana sucker…
Tough Sewage Rules Affirmed
SACRAMENTO Tough Sewage Rules Affirmed Two years after the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District was ordered by regional regulators to greatly clean the treated quality of wastewater discharged into the Sacramento River, the State Water Resources Control Board has reaffirmed…