Submitted January 19, 2010: AquAlliance, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and the California Water Impact Network (“the Coalition”) submitted comments and questions for the Draft Environmental Assessment (“EA”) and Findings of No Significant Impact (“FONSI”), for the 2010-2011 Water Transfer … Continue reading
Submitted January 14, 2013: Comments of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), California Water Impact Network (C-WIN), and AquAlliance to the Revised Draft Delta Plan Program Environmental Impact Report The RDPEIR for the Delta Plan Project Fails as a Programatic EIR: A. … Continue reading
Demanding Kern Water Districts Entice North State Sales… May 8, 2012 – Chico, CA – AquAlliance filed a lawsuit against Butte Water District (BWD) to challenge the obfuscation of impacts, both short and long term, from water transfers out of … Continue reading
by Burt Wilson Member of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan public committee and the 2013 State Water Plan forum subcommittee I ventured into a January 19 public meeting of the Association of California Water Agencies at its Sacramento headquarters to see … Continue reading
This photo illustrates what happens when too much ground water is used over many years. San Joaquin Valley soils collapsed from excess ground water pumping. (photo by Richard Ireland, USGS)
Crucial Meeting April 12, 2012 It is bad enough when powerful interests have insatiable thirsts, but unfortunately, the local water districts are collaborating with them to squeeze more water from the Sacramento Valley for points south. This year, Butte Water … Continue reading
AquAlliance submitted comments regarding the need for expanded public participation in the latest regional water planning effort. In 2008, the Center for Collaborative Policy emphasized the need for “an Area-wide Visioning activity” to initiate a planning process that could benefit … Continue reading
Felice Pace lays out the possibility in an opinion piece in High Country News. To read it, use the link below. Felice Pace Opinion
SCOPING REPORT RELEASED The 10-year, 600,000 acre-feet per year, Sacramento Valley Water Transfer Program continues to move forward. The scoping report was released May 13thdespite the fact that eight water sellers stated publicly that they won’t participate (click for report). AquAlliance submitted … Continue reading
Look what they’re saying right out loud. As you see in the slide below, powerful interests view our Northstate ground water as an ideal way to send more water south of the Delta. The slide was part of a presentation … Continue reading
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