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
The celebrated Chico folk duo MaMuse has written a special song for AquAlliance and launched a GoFundMe campaign to help fund AquAlliance’s three new lawsuits provoked by NorthState groundwater pumping threats. Karisha Longaker & Sarah Nutting Karisha & Sarah are … Continue reading
5 May 2022 The Butte, Colusa, Tehama, and Vina Groundwater Sustainability plans make it clear that groundwater exploitation is planned and accepted in the counties of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, and Tehama. The Plans accept the dewatering of up to 20 … Continue reading
Public Left in Dark Sinkhole Existence Buried in Meeting MinutesOn January 11, 2022 AquAlliance become aware of sinkholes in the mid-Sacramento Valley through minutes from the Glenn Groundwater Authority1 and the Corning Sub-basin GSA Committee2. We requested additional information from … Continue reading
Contact: Barbara Vlamis, AquAlliance: 530-895-9420 Chico, CA. AquAlliance filed three lawsuits against the Butte, Colusa, and Vina subbasins’ Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) in the last ten days with two co-plaintiffs, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and the California … Continue reading
By Seth Borenstein – February 14, 2022 Click this link to view the photo with the article at the AP News website. The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at … Continue reading
by Dan BacherSeptember 05, 2021 Chico, CA. — On August 26, three environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal District Court challenging the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation over extra groundwater pumping plans by Sacramento River water districts that … Continue reading
Transfers Tied to Extra Pumping Plans Press ReleaseAugust 26, 2021Contact: Barbara Vlamis, AquAlliance: 530-89 Chico, CA. AquAlliance, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and the California Water Impact Network filed a lawsuit in federal District Court against the U.S. Bureau of … Continue reading
AquAlliance: Here is the news we expected – “Agricultural water service contractors south-of-Delta allocation of 5% of their [CVP] contract supply is not available for delivery until further notice.’ The State Water Project projection for mostly urban contractors dropped to 5% delivery. … Continue reading
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