Tag: Ronald D. Jacobsma

TEMPERANCE FLAT RESERVOIR PROPOSAL

Some of those attending a Temperance Flat Project hearing in Fresno October 16 discuss the proposed reservoir’s features.

TEMPERANCE FLAT RESERVOIR PROPOSAL Project Pace, Debate Pick Up As EIS Nears Its Final Phase Long discussed Temperance Flat Reservoir continues to be a project moving forward with environmental studies, detailed planning and public debate as California voters prepare to…

Trimmed-Down Bond Heads For Ballot

Governor Jerry Brown signs the bill placing the water bond, Proposition 1, on the November ballot with Republican and Democratic legislators applauding.

Trimmed-Down Bond Heads For Ballot Passage Caps Years-Long Effort By Friant For the second time in five years, an all-out effort by the Friant Water Authority has resulted in legislative approval and a governor’s signature of a comprehensive water infrastructure…

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…

House, Senate Conference Talks Go On

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…

DROUGHT CONTINUES

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DROUGHT CONTINUES Friant Users Scramble For Alternative Water Supplies A tiny amount of water has begun flowing in the Friant-Kern Canal as Friant Division contractors and users scramble to try to mitigate their looming losses and drought conditions by acquiring…