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Project Aims to Add Central Valley Water

/in /by /AgAlertby Christine Souza

This is the second installment of a three-part Ag Alert® series about large-scale water storage projects applying to the California Water Commission for funding from the Proposition 1 water bond. Hit hard by chronic water shortages that deepened during the drought, agencies in the San Joaquin Valley have banded together, seeking to build a more sustainable water future. Backers of the proposed Temperance Flat Dam and Reservoir say the $2.8 billion project would capture and store additional water in the San Joaquin River watershed, creating greater flexibility, relaxing pressure on groundwater and providing other benefits to the region.

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Delta Caucus Objects to Brown’s ‘WaterFix Project’

/in /by /Daily Democrat

Gov. Jerry Brown’s push to expedite planning and construction of the twin tunnels project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta violates key parts of the Delta Reform Act of 2009 and has the state Department of Water Resources abdicating its responsibilities by turning over management of the project to water agencies, the Legislative Delta Caucus charged Tuesday in a letter to the governor. “The governor’s proposed WaterFix Project is a boondoggle, plain and simple,” said Assemblyman Jim Frazier, D-Solano, who co-chairs the Caucus with State Senator Bill Dodd, D-Healdsbur.

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