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CropSWAP − Creating a More Sustainable Ag Community

/in , /by /Valley Road Runner Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Valley Center Municipal Water District (“VCMWD” or “District”) has a long history of initiating and participating in various programs to assist and sustain agriculture in its services area. 

District efforts have been coordinated with funding from the San Diego County Water Authority under its water use efficiency programs through the 1990s, 2000s, and through to today. VCMWD was also instrumental in helping to secure a $1.5 million Regional Conservation Participation Program Grant to fund water efficiency evaluations and access to on-farm improvement funding for our local growers through the Natural Resources Conservation Service.  

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In Agricultural Yuma, State, Federal and Local Water Talks Are Dictated by the Law of the River

/in , /by /Fronterasby Alisa Reznick

It’s impossible to talk about water in Arizona without talking about the Colorado River.

It supplies water to 40 million people across the American West, including more than two dozen tribes, cities like Phoenix and Tucson, and agriculture. The river travels some 1,450 miles all told and drains into seven US states, including Arizona, and two in Mexico.

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Opinion: California Farmers Are Low on Water. Why Not Help Them Go Solar?

/in , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Sammy Roth

A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress took a significant step forward late Monday with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council.

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Regional Agriculture Program Expands to San Diego and Riverside Counties

/in , , /by /Village News

In a move set to transform regional agriculture, the Regional CropSWAP program, originally initiated by the Rancho California Water District, announced its expansion into neighboring counties with the partnership of Fallbrook Public Utility District, Rainbow Municipal Water District, city of Oceanside, Valley Center Municipal Water District and city of Escondido.

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‘Innovation is the Cornerstone’ of the California Water Plan

/in , /by /AgNet Westby Staff

Governor Gavin Newsom, with the support of the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and other state agencies, signed into effect new developments for the California Water Plan which details water conservation efforts for the next five years.

Newsom said that the state has invested $9 billion in the last three years, and that “I want folks to know that we are not just victims of fate, that we recognize the world we’re living in.”

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Why No One Won in This Year’s Water Wars

/in , , /by /Politicoby Camille Von Kaenel

EVERY DROP COUNTS: California had (is still having, amazingly) a really good water year. But all the rain and snow is doing almost nothing to lubricate the state’s perpetual conflicts between fish and farms.

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Opinion: California Should Look to Ocean for Municipal Water, Not Our Pastures

/in , , /by /The Daily Sentinelby Don Metzler

Colorado and other Upper Basin states must pay particular attention to recently published scientific studies detailing the improved water budget on the Colorado River Basin. On April 4, 2024, The Colorado Sun published a story with the headline “Cherish that hamburger. It cost a quarter of the Colorado River, according to researchers.”

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As California Cracks Down on Groundwater, What Will Happen to Fallowed Farmland?

/in , , /by /CalMattersby Dan Walters

A couple of weeks ago, the California Water Resources Control Board put five agricultural water agencies in Kings County on probation for failing to adequately manage underground water supplies in the Tulare Lake Basin that have been seriously depleted due to overpumping.

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California Farmers and Residents to Receive an Increase in Water Supply From DWR

/in , , /by /FOX40by Veronica Catlin

The California Department of Water Resources announced an increase in the State Water Project water supply allocation forecast for 2024.

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San Diego Farmers Practice Climate-resilient Agriculture to Curb Climate Change

/in , , /by /East County Magazine

San Diego County’s agriculture is a rich tapestry of over 5,000 mini-farms seamlessly blended into expanding urban landscapes. Most are family-owned organic farms producing high-value crops on just a few acres of land to turn a profit in this water-scarce, highly urbanized region.

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