In his December 23, 2014 letter to the Chico Enterprise-Record (see below), U.S. Representative Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) failed to disclose important facts about the “House drought relief legislation.” The benefits he touted for “California as a whole and the north state … Continue reading
Excellent news for the Northstate! The blistering comments attacking the environmental review for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) have forced the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to regroup and delay approvals for building the massive Twin Tunnels and extracting … 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
3.24.14 — SF Gate, by Carolyn Lochhead: Even before the drought, the southern San Joaquin Valley was in big trouble. Decades of irrigation have leached salts and toxic minerals from the soil that have nowhere to go, threatening crops and wildlife. … Continue reading
With a third dry year in a row, the California drought highlights the serious challenges we face in sustainable water use in the western United States as a whole. It is dry by all measures: the amount of precipitation, of … Continue reading
Presented at the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Drought Workshop February 18-19, 2014 By: California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) AquAlliance The public workshop’s purpose was to receive input on its drought-related activities affecting water … Continue reading
North State water supplies under pressure as drought parches California By Alastair Bland Chico News & Review, February 13, 2014 A thousand feet beneath the city of Chico, in the pitch-black waters of the Tuscan Aquifer, time has proceeded for … Continue reading
San Francisco, CA – A statewide coalition of fishing, environmental and farming groups today announced the filing of a lawsuit to “vacate” the Delta Plan, which lays the groundwork for Delta water export tunnels. The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco … Continue reading
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
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
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