Faulty Delta Stewardship Council Plan and EIR Stopped 6.23.16: We won! The Delta Stewardship Council’s poorly-crafted Plan to reduce reliance on water exports from the Delta, provide a reliable supply of water, and protect and enhance water quality from the Delta failed … Continue reading
3.20.16, Modesto Bee: For years now, Gov. Jerry Brown has been telling us that he will save the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – the greatest fresh-water estuary on this side of the continent – by taking water out of it. Environmental … Continue reading
New York Times, 12.31.15: A powerful article about the political clout of Westlands Water District: “A water utility on paper, Westlands in practice is a formidable political force, a $100 million-a-year agency with five lobbying firms under contract in … Continue reading
6.12.2015: From this year’s California Water Policy Seminar Series, presented by the UC Davis School of Law and the Center for Watershed Sciences, this article explains in detail how excessive groundwater pumping results in reduced streamflow in the tributaries and … Continue reading
Transfers from our region will devastate the landscape if left unchecked – By Jim Brobeck, AquAlliance water-policy analyst – Chico News & Review, 6.11.15: A massive water transfer scheme is moving rapidly forward out of sight of most people. In 12 of … Continue reading
Comparative Water Use Efficiency of Growing Almonds in Kern County and in Butte County Even though almond yields may be larger per acre in Kern County, when using “crop per drop” as a criterion, Kern County orchards are only 39% … Continue reading
Landmark Lawsuit Settlement Between Environmentalists and State Water Boards Strengthens Delta Protections Enforceable transparency and analysis to replace years of failure to comply with existing water quality and flow standards. SACRAMENTO, California — Three California environmental nonprofits secured a landmark … Continue reading
Chico Enterprise-Record, 4.23.15 – The little delta smelt is nearly extinct. You can almost hear the celebrations in the San Joaquin Valley from here. Not so fast though. As the drought worsens, the people vs. fish argument heats up south of … Continue reading
On May 1, 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation approved the Environmental Impact Statement on the 10-Year Water Transfer Program that could send up to 600,000 acre-feet of Sacramento Valley water south of the Delta – each year. When combined … Continue reading
A staggering economic and environmental problem festering for three decades in the southern San Joaquin Valley would be addressed by a secret deal reached between the Obama administration and farmers — one that is sounding alarms for Bay Area lawmakers. … Continue reading
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