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Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta: Battle Continues Against Water Weeds

/in /by /San Jose Mercury Newsby Lev Facher

Every year, the state battles invasive water weed species in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The state Division of Boating and Waterways is at it again in 2016, and the hot, dry conditions created by the ongoing drought continue to make the job even harder.

In Discovery Bay, the Port of Stockton and around the Delta, the department is attempting to beat back familiar foes including water hyacinth and Egeria densa. Other culprits like varieties of water pennywort and primrose aren’t new to the Delta but have recently begun to pose a bigger problem.
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Pace to build Brown’s tunnels steps up Tuesday

/in /by /Central Valley Business Times (Stockton)

The State Water Resources Control Board’s five members, all of whom owe their 120,000-plus a year jobs to Gov. Edmund Brown Jr., on Tuesday begin the first part of a two-part, multi-month water right change petition hearing for what is marketed as the “WaterFix Project.”

The project would dig two massive tunnels beneath the California Delta to drain fresh water out of the Sacramento River before it could flow naturally into the Delta.

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