San Francisco, along with a handful of Central Valley irrigation districts, is suing the state for enacting drought restrictions that are keeping thousands of landowners and suppliers from drawing water from rivers and creeks. San Francisco, along with a handful of Central Valley irrigation districts, is suing the state for enacting drought restrictions that are […]
Record dry conditions once again in the West have led the federal and state governments to declare water supply shortages. California’s governor has declared that 50 counties, in which approximately 41% of the state’s population exists, are now under a drought state of emergency. This prompted the adoption of emergency regulations ordering water rights holders to curtail their water […]
First came the asparagus field. Then came the melons. And now Joe Del Bosque is considering the unthinkable: tearing out a sprawling almond orchard bursting with healthy, nut-producing trees.
South San Joaquin Irrigation District is suing the state in a bid to avoid a curtailment order from creating severe water shortages in 2022 for 200,000 Manteca, Lathrop, and Tracy residents and growers farming nearly 55,000 acres SSJID, along with Oakdale Irrigation District, over a century ago secured first-in-line rights under state law for the […]
The city of Antioch’s water supply has been challenged in recent years by a variety of factors. But the Brackish Water Desalination Project, the first desalination project of its kind in the five-county Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region, is intended to improve the reliability of the city’s water. The city filed its notice of preparation for […]
There have been all kinds of efforts and money allocated to trying to solve California’s water woes. Now an organization states it has the solution — the 2 percent solution. In what it’s calling the 2 percent solution More Water Now is working to place an initiative on the November 2022 ballot that would require […]
San Francisco, Agriculture Suppliers Want Their Water, Sue State Over Drought Restrictions
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The San Francisco Chronicleby Kurtis AlexanderSan Francisco, along with a handful of Central Valley irrigation districts, is suing the state for enacting drought restrictions that are keeping thousands of landowners and suppliers from drawing water from rivers and creeks. San Francisco, along with a handful of Central Valley irrigation districts, is suing the state for enacting drought restrictions that are […]
A Test for California’s Groundwater Regulations in the Megadrought
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Bloomberg Lawby Stephanie Osler HastingsRecord dry conditions once again in the West have led the federal and state governments to declare water supply shortages. California’s governor has declared that 50 counties, in which approximately 41% of the state’s population exists, are now under a drought state of emergency. This prompted the adoption of emergency regulations ordering water rights holders to curtail their water […]
California’s Lucrative Almond Orchards Face a Reckoning with Drought, Climate Change
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Sacramento Beeby Dale KaslerFirst came the asparagus field. Then came the melons. And now Joe Del Bosque is considering the unthinkable: tearing out a sprawling almond orchard bursting with healthy, nut-producing trees.
SSJID Suing State After Sacramento Goes After Its Water
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Manteca BullitenSouth San Joaquin Irrigation District is suing the state in a bid to avoid a curtailment order from creating severe water shortages in 2022 for 200,000 Manteca, Lathrop, and Tracy residents and growers farming nearly 55,000 acres SSJID, along with Oakdale Irrigation District, over a century ago secured first-in-line rights under state law for the […]
Antioch Launches the Region’s First Water Desalination Project
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Pressby Tony KukulichThe city of Antioch’s water supply has been challenged in recent years by a variety of factors. But the Brackish Water Desalination Project, the first desalination project of its kind in the five-county Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region, is intended to improve the reliability of the city’s water. The city filed its notice of preparation for […]
Initiative Would Allocated Two Percent of State Budget to Water
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Porterville Recorderby Charles WhisnandThere have been all kinds of efforts and money allocated to trying to solve California’s water woes. Now an organization states it has the solution — the 2 percent solution. In what it’s calling the 2 percent solution More Water Now is working to place an initiative on the November 2022 ballot that would require […]