Massive Transfers Threaten North State Farms, Fish and Communities AquAlliance filed a lawsuit in federal District Court against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authority (SLDMWA) over their inadequate disclosure, avoidance of impacts, and … Continue reading
When compared with urban water efficiency, the water storage projects that would be half-funded by the November water bond have very high per-project costs, low yield, and immensely high costs per acre-foot of water. Increasing urban water efficiency only costs … Continue reading
Butte County’s Groundwater – 2015 Update – On March 12, 2015, Butte County, the City of Chico, and AquAlliance will host a forum to provide the public with an update on local groundwater issues and the challenges and opportunities to … Continue reading
Westlands Water District is the nation’s largest agricultural water district, with customers owning 600,000 acres of farmland in Fresno and Kings counties in California’s Central Valley. View maps showing Westlands ownership of parcels in the Central Valley: Westlands Parcel Ownership Map – … Continue reading
A former telephone operator from Nebraska, Pauline Davis became the longest-serving woman in the California Legislature and an effective advocate of local water development. Click here to read a tribute to Pauline Davis by Tina Cannon Leahy on California Water Blog. … Continue reading
Click here to download printable document. Click here to view PACs that support and oppose Proposition 1. AquAlliance opposes the Water Bond, Proposition 1 on the November 4, 2014 ballot. The measure does have funding for some beneficial and cost … Continue reading
The Colorado River Basin lost nearly 53 million acre feet of freshwater over the past nine years, according to a new study based on data from NASA’s GRACE mission. The new study by NASA and University of California, Irvine, scientists finds … Continue reading
Check it out! AquAlliance has its first billboard and it may be seen on the west side of Hwy 99 south of the Hwy 149 interchange before the rice fields. Thanks so much to the generosity of Linda and Gary … Continue reading
AquAlliance sued the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation again over their inadequate environmental review of the Bureau’s ‘temporary,’ North-to-South water transfers that take place year-after-year. While we lost the injunction that sought to halt the transfers,* AquAlliance and our litigation partner, … Continue reading
Last year, as California endured one of its driest years on record, the Westlands Water District made it rain 3,000 miles away — on Capitol Hill. The nation’s largest agricultural water district, located in the Central Valley, spent $600,000 on … Continue reading
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