Chico, CA, 6.24.26: AquAlliance, Central Delta Water Agency, and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (plaintiffs) filed a lawsuit challenging the 2026/2027 North-to-South Water Transfers proposed by San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authority (SLDMWA or agency) on June 12, 2026. The … Continue reading
March 6, 2026: AquAlliance and California Sportfishing Protection Alliance have filed a petition for writ of mandate brought to compel the mandatory duty of Respondent Governor Gavin Newsom to declare an end to the Drought State of Emergency for the … Continue reading
Transfers, Groundwater Overuse, Voluntary Agreements, and Lots of $$$ February 3, 2025Contact: Barbara Vlamis, AquAlliance, 530-895-9420 Chico, CA. AquAlliance, Central Delta Water Agency, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and the California Water Impact Network filed a challenge to the final … Continue reading
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
1.19.24: As we continue to fight the One Tunnel project, AquAlliance joined five other NGOs on January 19, 2024, to challenge the Environmental Impact Report in court. Our role starts with our expertise to tear into the EIR’s failure to … 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
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