We are suing Glenn Colusa Irrigation District — again. Are you with us? On behalf of all NorthState residents and the environment, we have filed many lawsuits in our 15 years, and most were successful. But the bad boys never … Continue reading
In April 2024, AquAlliance submitted comments for the Colusa & Corning Revised Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plans. Two excerpts from our comments are highlighted below to catch your attention. Click these links for the full comments. Highlights: 1) “Sadly, the energy … Continue reading
Concerns persist about agriculture, domestic wells, and subsidence By Todd Bishop for the Valley Mirror AquAlliance is grateful that the Sacramento Valley Mirror newspaper remains interested in reporting on local water issues, so that our efforts on behalf of the … Continue reading
1.18.24: AquAlliance spent significant time submitting comments on the draft Staff Report/Supplemental Environmental Document (“SED”) for the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary (“Plan”). The State Water Resources Control Board’s plan seeks to curtail … Continue reading
1.17.24: AquAlliance, other NGOs, and a few local governments succeeded in a challenge to the funding of the Newsom Administration’s One Tunnel project. This is a huge victory. The California Dept. of Water Resources (DWR) tried to issue bonds to … Continue reading
AquAlliance Executive Director Barbara Vlamiswas quoted in the Los Angeles Times (Dec. 2, 2023): See the full article by Staff Writer Ian James in the Los Angeles Times Vlamis argued the area’s current overuse of groundwater, which is not as … Continue reading
Long History of Planning to Manipulate Tuscan Aquifer for Profit In 2011 the Glenn Colusa Irrigation District’s study (funded by DWR and USBR) described how the Tuscan Aquifer should be exercised aggressively to meet California-wide water demand through … Continue reading
Friday March 10, 2023: On Wednesday, AquAlliance and a coalition warned the State of California about potential litigation if it didn’t reverse its negligent and illegal activity to accelerate the private takeover of common groundwater basins and lay waste to struggling … Continue reading
The Delta Tunnel: Still Not a 21st Century Water Strategy. The state is now making a third attempt since 2008 to build a massive, multi-billion, ratepayer-funded Delta Conveyance Project (a.k.a. Delta Tunnel) to supposedly “modernize” water transport infrastructure in the … Continue reading
AquAlliance received fantastic news in the last week from three different judges in Colusa and Butte counties who agreed that our three challenges to Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) were legitimate. The defendants claimed our lawsuits inappropriately used a “reverse validation action” to … Continue reading
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