Modesto Bee, June 15, 2013, by Garth Stapley: On June 2, water pressure at the rural home of Peter and Nancy Bakker slowed to a trickle. Puzzled, they checked all over the house and yard for leaks or open spigots … Continue reading
CityWatch, June 11, 2013, by Brenna Norton: VOICES – It’s still Chinatown, and like Jake, we can’t forget it. On Tuesday (June 11), the powerful Metropolitan Water District (known as Met) will vote to take the first step towards raising property taxes to help pay for … Continue reading
Chico Enterprise-Record, June 15, 2013, by Heather Hacking, Staff Writer: Lawsuits have been filed to challenge plans for tunnels to divert water from the Sacramento River and under the delta. Chico’s AquAlliance has joined a coalition of groups in a lawsuit … Continue reading
AquAlliance was a major contributor to the Reduced Exports Plan that was produced by the Environmental Water Caucus. The Plan provides tangible and cost effective means with which to right California’s floundering water ship. Our expertise in ground water protection … Continue reading
By Bill Jennings, Executive Director of California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and Executive Committee Member of Restore the Delta Published: May 26, 2013 12:00 AM Jerry Meral, Gov. Jerry Brown’s point man to build the peripheral tunnels, scolds The Record for its … Continue reading
By Matt Weiser Published: Friday, May. 24, 2013 The Delta Protection Commission, a state agency, voted Thursday to oppose Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to build two giant water diversion tunnels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, saying it is not supportive of agriculture, … Continue reading
Redding Record Searchlight, May 12, 2013: Looking strictly at this summer, a proposal to sell a few thousand acre-feet of Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District water to parched farms in Central California, making up the shortage by tapping wells, will do trivial … Continue reading
Owens Valley has been subjected to groundwater pumping and surface water diversions by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for a century, with disastrous results. As many of you are aware, there are efforts afoot here to take … Continue reading
The federal environmental review for Central Valley Project contractors’ water sales has been released. All of the sales include selling Sacramento River water and substituting ground water to continue growing crops in the Sacramento Valley — ground water that growers … Continue reading
By Heather Hacking, Staff Writer, Chico Enterprise-Record, April 18, 2013: Butte Water District, with headquarters in Gridley, is negotiating to move 5,350 acre-feet of water through groundwater substitution. This means transferring surface water and using groundwater instead. Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, … Continue reading
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