CVP Water Released To Klamath River Action by the Interior Department and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to release Central Valley Project water in an attempt to aid survival of lower Klamath River salmon is being widely criticized by the Friant…
Supplies Continue To Dwindle Storage Declines; Friant Still At Zero It’s only the beginning of August but there is now less water stored in the nine San Joaquin River reservoirs than the total storage capacity of Millerton Lake. The U.S.…
Frustration At ‘Ground Zero’ Still Without Water, Friant Leaders Air Dissatisfaction With USBR Management Frustration over U.S. Bureau of Reclamation management that is resulting in no Central Valley Project water deliveries within the parched Friant Division is mounting among aggravated…
Low Flows Are Rule In Canals None of it is from this year’s Central Valley Project supply but there is water flowing down the Friant-Kern and Madera canals – just not much. On June 27, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation…
Friant’s ‘Zero’ Disaster Mounts Parched Trees Being Pulled As Senior Rights Water Releases Begin Zero remains the frustrating word for Friant Division growers who continue to have no Central Valley Project water to use and, in many cases, little or…
Court Rejects Friant’s Petition For Release Order A federal judge has rejected the Friant Water Authority’s request for a temporary restraining order to block the United States government from making Friant Dam releases to supply downstream senior water rights holders.…
Friant Crisis ‘Didn’t Need To Happen’ Drought conditions that resulted in miniscule San Joaquin River snowpack and runoff conditions would have been tough to deal with under natural circumstances but there should be at least a little Central Valley Project…
WATER CRISIS NEWS CONFERENCE IN FRESNO Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin addresses a Fresno City Hall news conference May 15, objecting to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s decision to supply the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors with water released from Friant…
May 27, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information, Please Contact: RONALD D. JACOBSMA, GENERAL MANAGER Office: (559) 562-6305 or Mobile: (559) 799-0700 Or: JENNIFER BUCKMAN, GENERAL COUNSEL Telephone: (916) 804-0173 Statement of Friant Water Authority Regarding Denial of Temporary…
Disaster Looms; Billions In Losses Seen Federal Fish Requirements Constrain Delta Export Pumping Economic losses in the billions of dollars are looming with the promise of a financial and social calamity along the southern San Joaquin Valley’s East Side as a…