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.…
May 20, 2014 For Immediate Release RONALD D. JACOBSMA, GENERAL MANAGER Office: (559) 562-6305 or Mobile: (559) 799-0700 Or: JENNIFER BUCKMAN, GENERAL COUNSEL Telephone: (916) 804-0173 Friant Files Legal Challenge Over How Exchange Contractors’ Water Is Being Supplied How the…
Bureau Expects Supply Challenge For CVP In 2014 Their message may not have been as dramatic as that left recently with western San Joaquin Valley water users but top regional U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials made it clear July 15…
Surprise! Friant’s Supply Is Up Higher Than Expected Runoff Permits Class 1 Declaration Boost to 55% There is no denying that the current water year’s conditions have been extremely dry but nature has provided the San Joaquin River with a…
Dry Outlook Goes From Bad To Worse January-April Precipitation Total Is Driest On Record In a seemingly ever-drier water year like this one, it figures that a bunch of early May rain showers would add up to one of the biggest storms…
Another Cut For Friant’s Water Supply Class 1 Down To 45%; Restoration Flows Drop Another bite has been taken by this year’s mostly dry conditions out of the Friant Division’s remaining Central Valley Project water supply but this time Friant’s…
Tulare Irrigation District Cancels Water Deliveries The current dry year has delivered a knockout punch for Tulare Irrigation District water deliveries. General Manager J. Paul Hendrix said TID will have no water run for only the fourth time…
Another Dry Winter Takes Supply Toll Friant’s Initial Allocation Is 65% Of Class 1; Runoff Outlook Falls For a second consecutive year, winter storms seem to have largely done a disappearing act in Central California, a fact that has not…
Water Supply Outlook Slips At a glance, some of the key ingredients in the making of this year’s Friant Division water supply don’t look bad. February 1’s average San Joaquin River watershed snowpack was measured at normal levels. The season’s…